Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought /  
edited by Richard Seaford. 
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<br/><br/> The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy /  The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda /  Harmonia and ṛtá /  Ātman and its transition to worldly existence /  Cosmology, psyche and Ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣads /  Plato and yoga /  Technologies of self-immortalisation in ancient Greece and early India /  Does the concept of theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought? /  Self or being without boundaries : on Sankara and Parmenides /  Soul chariots in Indian and Greek thought : polygenesis or diffusion? /  'Master the chariot, master your Self' : comparing chariot metaphors as hermeneutics for mind, self and liberation in ancient Greek and Indian Sources /  New riders, old chariots : poetics and comparative philosophy /  The interiorisation of ritual in India and Greece /  Rebirth and 'ethicisation' in Greek and South Asian thought /  On affirmation, rejection and accommodation of the world in Greek and Indian religion /  The justice of the Indians /  Nietzsche on Greek and Indian philosophy /  Nick Allen --  Joanna Jurewicz --  Aditi Chaturvedi --  Greg Bailey --  Hyun Höchsmann --  John Bussanich --  Paolo Visigalli --  Alexis Pinchard --  Chiara Robbiano --  Paolo Magnone --  Jens Schlieter --  Alexander S.W. Forte and Caley C. Smith --  Richard Seaford --  Mikel Burley --  Matylda Obryk --  Richard Stoneman --  Emma Syea.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17. 
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<br/><br/> 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. 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. Key features:  Brings together two supremely sophisticated ancient cultures that, despite their similarity, are almost always studied separately Indicates the kind of collaboration between specialists that is needed to move forward the stalled debate on the Axial Age Contributors include Paolo Magnone, Joanna Jurewicz, John Bussanich and Jens Schlieter 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474411004 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Self.<br/>Philosophy, Indic.<br/>Philosophy, Ancient.<br/>Civilization.<br/>HISTORY--Ancient--Greece.<br/>PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Ancient & Classical.<br/>Western philosophy : Ancient, to c 500.<br/>Philosophy.<br/>Humanities.<br/>History of Western philosophy.<br/>Philosophie ancienne.<br/>Philosophie de l'Inde.<br/>Moi (Psychologie)--Grece.<br/>Moi (Psychologie)--Inde.<br/>Philosophy, Ancient.<br/>Philosophy, Indic.<br/>Self--Greece.<br/>Self--India.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India.<br/>Greece.<br/>Grece--Civilisation--Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.<br/>Inde--Civilisation--Jusqu'à 1200.<br/>Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.<br/>India--Civilization--To 1200.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.