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Metaphysical History of Hindu Thought
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ISBN13: 9798242613416
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 5 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 5 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Metaphysical History of Hindu Thought is not a survey of beliefs, rituals, or religious customs. It is a sustained inquiry into how Hindu thought has articulated the structure of reality, consciousness, and being across centuries without reducing metaphysics to doctrine, theology, or spirituality. From the Vedic and Upaniṣadic foundations through the classical darśanas, medieval syntheses, modern disruptions, and contemporary fragmentation, this book traces Hindu metaphysics as a coherent yet non-synthetic field grounded in intelligibility rather than belief.
The work does not seek to harmonize doctrines, extract timeless wisdom, or offer consolatory interpretations. Instead, it follows the internal logic by which Hindu metaphysical traditions distinguish levels of reality, articulate the relation between manifestation and ground, and preserve plurality without collapsing into relativism. Particular attention is given to the problems of authority, transmission, and discernment in the modern and postcolonial world, where metaphysical language circulates widely while criteria of legitimacy erode.
The book culminates in a philosophical position rather than a conclusion, arguing that Hindu metaphysics does not resolve the question of being but preserves it as an irreducible demand. What emerges is not a system to be adopted, but a disciplined orientation toward reality that resists closure, synthesis, and ideological appropriation. This is a work for readers interested in metaphysics as a serious inquiry into being, not as cultural identity or spiritual consumption. About the Author
Roberto Minichini is an Italian writer, poet, and independent scholar of metaphysics and spirituality. Born in 1973 in Mainz, Germany, to an Italian father and a Croatian mother, he grew up in a multilingual and multicultural environment that shaped his resistance to reductive frameworks and simplified narratives. He lives in Italy and works outside academic institutions, maintaining full intellectual independence.
As a writer and poet, Minichini is known for a dense, uncompromising style that rejects both academic formalism and popular spiritual rhetoric. His work focuses on ontology, tradition, plurality, and the conditions of legitimate transmission, with particular attention to the distinction between living metaphysical inquiry and its modern dilution into ideology or self-help discourse. His approach is neither confessional nor relativistic, but structural, critical, and oriented toward the question of being as an unresolved and irreducible demand.
This book represents the culmination of long-term research and reflection, written for readers willing to engage metaphysics without guarantees, synthesis, or consolation.
The book culminates in a philosophical position rather than a conclusion, arguing that Hindu metaphysics does not resolve the question of being but preserves it as an irreducible demand. What emerges is not a system to be adopted, but a disciplined orientation toward reality that resists closure, synthesis, and ideological appropriation. This is a work for readers interested in metaphysics as a serious inquiry into being, not as cultural identity or spiritual consumption. About the Author
Roberto Minichini is an Italian writer, poet, and independent scholar of metaphysics and spirituality. Born in 1973 in Mainz, Germany, to an Italian father and a Croatian mother, he grew up in a multilingual and multicultural environment that shaped his resistance to reductive frameworks and simplified narratives. He lives in Italy and works outside academic institutions, maintaining full intellectual independence.
As a writer and poet, Minichini is known for a dense, uncompromising style that rejects both academic formalism and popular spiritual rhetoric. His work focuses on ontology, tradition, plurality, and the conditions of legitimate transmission, with particular attention to the distinction between living metaphysical inquiry and its modern dilution into ideology or self-help discourse. His approach is neither confessional nor relativistic, but structural, critical, and oriented toward the question of being as an unresolved and irreducible demand.
This book represents the culmination of long-term research and reflection, written for readers willing to engage metaphysics without guarantees, synthesis, or consolation.
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