Shape of Ancient Thought Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

Name: Shape of Ancient Thought Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies
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ISBN: 9781581152036

ISBN-10: 1581152035

ISBN-13: 9781581152036

Edition: 2001

Authors: Thomas McEvilley

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This study seeks to prove that the seemingly separate metaphysical schemes of Greek and Indian cultures have mutually influenced one another over a long period of time, to the point that today's Western world is the product of both.

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 768
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 2.10" tall
Weight: 2.706
Language: English



Editor's Introduction


Acknowledgments


Preface


A Note on Citations, Translations, and Transliterations


A Note on Sanskrit Pronunciation


List of Abbreviations Used in the In-Text References and Endnotes


List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Foreword: History: Competition or Collaboration?



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 Kundalini



Cynics and Pasupatas



Five Questions Concerning the Ancient Near East



The Elements



Early Pluralism in Greece and India



Skepticism, Empiricism, and Naturalism



Diffusion Channels in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods



Dialectic Before Alexander



Early Greek Philosophy and Madhyamika



Pyrrhonism and Madhyamika



The Path of the Dialectic



The Syllogism



Peripatetics and Vaisesikas



The Stoics and Indian Thought



Neoplatonism and the Upanisadic-Vedantic Tradition



Plotinus and Vijnanavada Buddhism



Neoplatonism and Tantra



The Ethics of Imperturbability


Afterword: Remarks toward a Conclusion



The Aryans



The Aryan Invasion



Black Athena and Western Xenophobia



The Golden Thigh



Philosophy and Grammar


List of Works Cited


Index