Kumārila Bhaṭṭa#Kumarila
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Kumārila Bhaṭṭa · fl. 7th century CE
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“The fiercest defender of ritual religion in Indian history argued against the existence of God — because, he insisted, the sacred law runs on its own, with no legislator required.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Knowledge is innocent until proven guilty — every cognition counts as valid unless something specific defeats it — and the authority of scripture needs no God behind it, only its own beginningless, authorless standing.”
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