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Vaisheshika-sutras

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In Indian philosophy: The Vaisheshika-sutras
The Vaisheshika-sutras were written by Kanada, a philosopher who flourished c. 2nd–4th centuries. The system owes its name to the fact that it admits ultimate particularities (vishesha). The metaphysics is, therefore, pluralistic.
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