Record Nr.

UNISA996465257503316

Autore

Seaford Richard

Titolo

Universe and inner self in early Indian and early Greek thought / / edited by Richard Seaford [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-4744-2714-6

1-4744-2669-7

1-4744-1100-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

126

Soggetti

Self - India

Self - Greece

Philosophy, Ancient

Philosophy, Indic

Electronic books.

India Civilization To 1200

Greece Civilization To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy / Nick Allen -- ; 2. The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda / Joanna Jurewicz -- ; 3. Harmonia and ṛtá / Aditi Chaturvedi -- ; 4. Ātman and its transition to worldly existence / Greg Bailey -- ; 5. Cosmology, psyche and Ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣads / 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 theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought? / Alexis Pinchard -- ; 9. Self or being without boundaries : on Sankara and Parmenides / 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 'ethicisation' 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.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures. 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.