TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seaford,Richard
AU  - Allen,Nick
AU  - Bailey,Greg
AU  - Burley,Mikel
AU  - Bussanich,John
AU  - Chaturvedi,Aditi
AU  - Forte,Alexander S.W.
AU  - Höchsmann,Hyun
AU  - Jurewicz,Joanna
AU  - Magnone,Paolo
AU  - Obryk,Matylda
AU  - Pinchard,Alexis
AU  - Robbiano,Chiara
AU  - Schlieter,Jens
AU  - Seaford,Richard
AU  - Smith,Caley C.
AU  - Stoneman,Richard
AU  - Syea,Emma
AU  - Visigalli,Paolo
TI  - Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought
SN  - 9781474411004
U1  - 126.0934 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Self
KW  - Greece
KW  - India
KW  - Classics & Ancient History
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on contributors --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1 The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy --; 2 The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda --; 3 Harmonia and ṛtá --; 4 Ātman and its transition to worldly existence --; 5 Cosmology, psyche and ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣad --; 6 Plato and yoga --; 7 Technologies of self-immortalisation in ancient Greece and early India --; 8 Does the concept of theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought? --; 9 Self or being without boundaries: on Śaṅkara and Parmenides --; 10 Soul chariots in Indian and Greek thought: polygenesis or diffusion? --; 11 'Master the chariot, master your Self': comparing chariot metaphors as hermeneutics for mind, self and liberation in ancient Greek and Indian sources --; 12 New riders, old chariots: poetics and comparative philosophy --; 13 The interiorisation of ritual in India and Greece --; 14 Rebirth and 'ethicisation' in Greek and South Asian thought --; 15 On affirmation, rejection and accommodation of the world in Greek and Indian religion --; 16 The justice of the Indians --; 17 Nietzsche on Greek and Indian philosophy --; Bibliography --; Index; Open Access; Issued also in print
N2  - Explores the remarkable similarities between early Indian and early Greek philosophyFrom 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 separatelyIndicates the kind of collaboration between specialists that is needed to move forward the stalled debate on the Axial AgeContributors include Paolo Magnone, Joanna Jurewicz, John Bussanich and Jens Schlieter
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474411004?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474411004
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474411004/original
ER  -