UNIVERSE AND INNER SELF IN EARLY INDIAN AND EARLY GREEK THOUGHT by Richard Seaford ( 9781474427142 )

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UNIVERSE AND INNER SELF IN EARLY INDIAN AND EARLY GREEK THOUGHT

By:

Richard Seaford

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1474427146

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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

31 August, 2017

Series:

Traditions in World Cinema

Pages:

264

Description:

This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures. It offers a collaborative contribution to the burgeoning interest in the Axial Age and will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the big questions inspired by the ancient world.

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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. This intellectual transformation is sometimes called the beginning of philosophy. And it occurred - independently it seems - in both India and Greece, but not in the vast Persian Empire that divided them. How was this possible? This is a puzzle that has never been solved. This book brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures, and on how to explain them. It offers a collaborative contribution to the burgeoning interest in the Axial Age and will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the big questions inspired by the ancient world.

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45 B/W illustrations

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