Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought

Herausgeber: Seaford, Richard

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Produktbeschreibung

PPC spine 21mm, 274 x 373mm. 'The philosophical traditions of Greece and India are divergent but also show striking convergences. This book is an important and valuable contribution to the comparative study of the two ancient cultures. The various chapters are learned and sophisticated and considerably enrich our understanding of Greek and Indian philosophy.' Phiroze Vasunia, University College London How can we explain the remarkable similarities between early Indian and early Greek philosophy? Around the middle of the first millennium BCE there occurred a revolution in thought, with novel ideas 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. The revolution occurred 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 volume 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 is of interest to those intrigued by the big questions inspired by the ancient world. Richard Seaford is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Exeter. Cover images: Bodhisattva Padmapani, Ajanta, cave 1, India, Abdulsayed/Wikimedia Commons. Detail from The School of Athens, 1511, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Wikimedia Commons. Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-1099-1 Barcode

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781474427142
• ISBN-10: 1474427146
• Artikelnr.: 47877769

Autorenporträt

Richard Seaford is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Greek at the Univerity of Exeter. He has been a Fellow of the National Humanities Center in North Carolina, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and President of the Classical Association (UK). He is the author of numerous articles and books ranging from Homer to the New Testament.

Inhaltsangabe

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, Atman 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 theoria Fit the Beginning of Indian Thought?, Alexis Pinchard 9. Self or being without boundaries. On Parmenides and Sa
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 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 Bibliography