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Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought.
From the sixth century BCE onwards there occurred a revolution in thought, with novel ideas such as such as that understanding the inner self is both vital for human well-being and central to understanding the universe. This intellectual transformation is sometimes called the beginning of philosophy...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Software eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh University Press
20160711.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy
- 2 The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda
- 3 Harmonia and ṛtá
- 4 Ātman and its transition to worldly existence
- 5 Cosmology, psyche and ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣad
- 6 Plato and yoga
- 7 Technologies of self-immortalisation in ancient Greece and early India
- 8 Does the concept of theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought?
- 9 Self or being without boundaries: on Śaṅkara and Parmenides
- 10 Soul chariots in Indian and Greek thought: polygenesis or diffusion?
- 11 'Master the chariot, master your Self': comparing chariot metaphors as hermeneutics for mind, self and liberation in ancient Greek and Indian sources
- 12 New riders, old chariots: poetics and comparative philosophy
- 13 The interiorisation of ritual in India and Greece
- 14 Rebirth and 'ethicisation' in Greek and South Asian thought
- 15 On affirmation, rejection and accommodation of the world in Greek and Indian religion
- 16 The justice of the Indians
- 17 Nietzsche on Greek and Indian philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index