Kanada c. 200 BC – c. 100 BC
Kanada (c. 200 BC – c. 100 BC) was an Indian philosopher of the Ancient era, associated with Indian Philosophy.
Kanada was an Indian philosopher and the founder of the Vaiseshika school of orthodox Hindu philosophy, traditionally dated to the second or third century BC, whose Vaiseshika Sutras laid out one of the earliest systematic atomist and naturalist philosophies in any tradition. The Vaiseshika offered an austere realism in which all reality is exhaustively classified under six categories of substance, quality, motion, universal, particular, and inherence, while the world of macroscopic objects is understood as the combination of indivisible atoms of the four elements under the ordering of an eternal divine intellect. The school exerted a deep influence on the later Nyaya tradition, with which it eventually merged.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Indian
- Era
- Ancient
- Movements
- Indian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Kanada:
“Whatever exists falls under one of six categories: substance, quality, motion, universal, particular, or inherence.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“The world we see is the gross result of imperceptible atoms in motion.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“What is composite is impermanent; what is atomic is permanent.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“Distinct things are distinct because they have particularities at the foundation of their being.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“Reason proceeds by the analysis of the visible into the invisible that explains it.”
Frequently asked about Kanada
- When did Kanada live?
- Kanada was born in c. 200 BC and died in c. 100 BC.
- Where was Kanada from?
- Kanada was an Indian philosopher of the Ancient era.
- What philosophical movements is Kanada associated with?
- Kanada was associated with Indian Philosophy.
- What was Kanada known for?
- Kanada was an Indian philosopher and the founder of the Vaiseshika school of orthodox Hindu philosophy, traditionally dated to the second or third century BC, whose Vaiseshika Sutras laid out one of the earliest systematic atomist and naturalist philosophies in any tradition.
- How many quotes are attributed to Kanada?
- There are 11 attributed quotations from Kanada in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.