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Universe and inner self in early Indian and early Greek thought /

Explores the remarkable similarities between early Indian and early Greek philosophy. From the sixth century BCE onwards there was 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....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Seaford, Richard (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy / Nick Allen
  • 2. The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda / Joanna Jurewicz
  • 3. Harmonia and ṛtá / Aditi Chaturvedi
  • 4. Ātman and its transition to worldly existence / Greg Bailey
  • 5. Cosmology, psyche and Ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣads / Hyun Höchsmann
  • 6. Plato and yoga / John Bussanich
  • 7. Technologies of self-immortalisation in ancient Greece and early India / Paolo Visigalli
  • 8. Does the concept of theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought? / Alexis Pinchard
  • 9. Self or being without boundaries : on Sankara and Parmenides / Chiara Robbiano
  • 10. Soul chariots in Indian and Greek thought : polygenesis or diffusion? / Paolo Magnone
  • 11. 'Master the chariot, master your Self' : comparing chariot metaphors as hermeneutics for mind, self and liberation in ancient Greek and Indian Sources / Jens Schlieter
  • 12. New riders, old chariots : poetics and comparative philosophy / Alexander S.W. Forte and Caley C. Smith
  • 13. The interiorisation of ritual in India and Greece / Richard Seaford
  • 14. Rebirth and 'ethicisation' in Greek and South Asian thought / Mikel Burley
  • 15. On affirmation, rejection and accommodation of the world in Greek and Indian religion / Matylda Obryk
  • 16. The justice of the Indians / Richard Stoneman
  • 17. Nietzsche on Greek and Indian philosophy / Emma Syea.