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Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought
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From the sixth century BCE onwards there occurred 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 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 will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the big questions inspired by the ancient world.
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- Ancient
- Atman (Hinduism)
- Chariot
- Classics
- Greece
- History
- History / Ancient / Greece
- History of Western philosophy
- Humanities
- Indian
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- Parmenides
- Philosophy
- Plato
- Ṛta
- Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474410991.001.0001Editions
