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In ''[[The Indian Express]]'', [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]], Vice-Chancellor of [[Ashoka University]], characterized ''Infinite Paths'' as "a pathbreaking work... philosophically astute, textually scrupulous, and [an] imaginatively subtle reconstruction of Ramakrishna Paramhansa's teachings".<ref name=mehta19>{{cite news |last1=Mehta |first1=Pratap Bhanu |author-link1=Pratap Bhanu Mehta |title=The Seeker of Infinity |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-seeker-of-infinity-5619135/ |access-date=18 March 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 March 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Mehta views ''Infinite Paths'' as treating [Ramakrishna] as a "philosopher of unusual depth and consistency", and as defending | In ''[[The Indian Express]]'', [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]], Vice-Chancellor of [[Ashoka University]], characterized ''Infinite Paths'' as "a pathbreaking work... philosophically astute, textually scrupulous, and [an] imaginatively subtle reconstruction of Ramakrishna Paramhansa's teachings".<ref name=mehta19>{{cite news |last1=Mehta |first1=Pratap Bhanu |author-link1=Pratap Bhanu Mehta |title=The Seeker of Infinity |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-seeker-of-infinity-5619135/ |access-date=18 March 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 March 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Mehta views ''Infinite Paths'' as treating [Ramakrishna] as a "philosopher of unusual depth and consistency", and as defending | ||
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Ramakrishna against the charge of an indiscriminate eclecticism on the one hand, or a covert hierarchy on the other. [The book] meticulously reconstructs Ramakrishna’s thought around four pillars: the nature of God’s infinitude, the nature of [[religious pluralism]], the epistemology of [[ | Ramakrishna against the charge of an indiscriminate eclecticism on the one hand, or a covert hierarchy on the other. [The book] meticulously reconstructs Ramakrishna’s thought around four pillars: the nature of God’s infinitude, the nature of [[religious pluralism]], the epistemology of [[Scholarly approaches to mysticism#Mystical experience|mystical experience]] and the [[problem of evil]]. In each of these four areas, Maharaj both advances an original interpretive thesis and brings Ramakrishna into a dialogue with comparative philosophy and religious practice.<ref name=mehta19/> | ||
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