Abstract

The theory of the harmonization of opposites as reflected in Western and Eastern philosophy is presented in this paper. Initially, the theory of the harmonization of opposites is found in the philosophical views of the Pre-Socratic philosophers, Plato, the Neoplatonic philosophers, the Renaissance philosophers as well as in contemporary philosophers. Then the paper focuses on the Eastern philosophy and mainly on those schools of philosophy that harmonize antitheses such as the schools of Buddhism, Samkhya, Yoga and Uttara Mimamsa.