Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought

ISBN-13: 9781474410991 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 320 str.

Richard Seaford

Opis

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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Abbreviations; Introduction; 1.The Common Origin Approach to Comparing Indian and Greek Philosophy, Nick Allen; 2. The concept of ?tá in the ?gveda, Joanna Jurewicz; 3. Harmonia and ?ta, Aditi Chaturvedi; 4, ?tman and its Transition to Worldly Existence, Greg Bailey; 5. Cosmology, Psyche and Atman in the Timaeus, the Rig Veda and the Upanishads, 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 the?ria Fit the Beginning of Indian Thought? Alexis Pinchard; 9. Self or being without boundaries. On Parmenides and ?a?kara, 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 ‘Ethicization’ in Greek and South Asian Thought, Mikel Burley; 15. On Affirmation, Rejection, and Accomodation of theWorld iun Greek and Indain Religion, Matylda Obryk; 16. The Justice of the Indians, Richard Stoneman; 17. Nietzsche on Greek and Indian Philosophy, Emma Syea; Bibliography.