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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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Details
- 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