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The shape of ancient thought : comparative studies in Greek and Indian philosophies

Title
The shape of ancient thought : comparative studies in Greek and Indian philosophies / Thomas McEvilley.
Author
McEvilley, Thomas, 1939-
Publication
New York : Allworth Press : School of Visual Arts, c2002.

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Description
xxxvi, 732 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 678-702) and index.
Contents
Diffusion channels in the pre-Alexandrian period -- The problem of the One and the Many -- The cosmic cycle -- The doctrine of reincarnation -- Platonic monism and Indian thought -- Platonic ethics and Indian yoga -- Plato, Orphics, and Jains -- Plato and kuṇḍalinī -- Cynics and Pāśupatas -- Five questions concerning the ancient Near East -- The elements -- Early pluralisms in Greece and India -- Skepticism, empiricism, and naturalism -- Diffusion channels in the Hellenistic and Roman periods -- Dialectic before Alexander -- Early Greek philosophy and Mādhyamika --Pyrrhonism and Mādhyamika -- The path of the dialectic -- The syllogism -- Peripatetics and Vaiśeṣikas -- The Stoics and Indian thought -- Neoplatonism and the Upaniṣadic-Vedāntic tradition -- Plotinus and Vijñānavāda Buddhism -- Neoplatonism and Tantra -- The ethics of imperturbability.
Call Number
*OAS 03-7139
ISBN
1581152035
LCCN
2001005510
OCLC
48013687
Author
McEvilley, Thomas, 1939-
Title
The shape of ancient thought : comparative studies in Greek and Indian philosophies / Thomas McEvilley.
Imprint
New York : Allworth Press : School of Visual Arts, c2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 678-702) and index.
Research Call Number
*OAS 03-7139
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