Greek Buddha : Pyrrho's encounter with early Buddhism in Central Asia /

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Pyrrho of Elis accompanied Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Graeco-Macedonian invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC, and while there met with teachers of Early Buddhism. Greek Buddha shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Pyrrhon, > of Elis.
Pyrrhon, > of Elis
To 100
Buddhism > History > To ca. 100 A.D.
Buddhism > Influence.
Buddhism and philosophy.
Buddhism > History.
Bouddhisme > Histoire.
Bouddhisme > Influence.
Bouddhisme et philosophie.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
Buddhism
Buddhism and philosophy
Buddhism > Influence
Aristocles passage.
Buddha Sakyamuni.
Buddha.
Buddhism.
Chinese philosophy.
David Hume.
Early Brahmanism.
Early Buddhism.
Early Pyrrhonism.
Early Taoist texts.
Early Zoroastrianism.
Jade Yoga Inscription.
Laotzu.
Megasthenes.
Normative Buddhism.
Problem of Induction.
Problem of the Criterion.
Pyrrho of Elis.
Pyrrho.
Pyrrhonian scepticism.
Warring States period.
Western philosophy.
ancient Greece.
epistemology.
ethical matters.
pragmata.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Scythian Philosophy: Pyrrho, the Persian Empire, and India
  • Pyrrho's Thought: Beyond Humanity
  • No Differentiations: The Earliest Attested Forms of Buddhism
  • Jade Yoga and Heavenly Dharma: Buddhist Thought in Classical Age China and India
  • Greek Enlightenment: What the Buddha, Pyrrho, and Hume Argue Against
  • Pyrrho's Teacher: The Buddha and His Awakening
  • The Classical Testimonies of Pyrrho's Thought
  • Are Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Both Greek in Origin?
  • On the Early Indian Inscriptions.

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