The Origins Of Philosophy In Ancient Greece And India: A Historical Comparison Richard Seaford Cambridge University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Why Did Greek Philosophy Begin In The Sixth Century Bce? Indian At About Same Time? Earliest Take Form That It Did? Was This So Similar Greece And India? How Do We Explain Differences Between Them? These Questions Can Only Be Answered By Locating Philosophical Intellect Within Its Entire Societal Context Ignoring Neither Ritual Nor Economy Cities Of Northern India Were Period Distinctive Also Virtue Being Pervasively Monetised Metaphysics Both Cultures Is Marked Projection (Onto Cosmos) Introjection (Into Inner Self) Abstract All-Pervasive Quasi-Omnipotent Impersonal Substance Embodied Money (Especially Coinage) Development Accompanied Interiorisation Cosmic Rite Passage (In Sacrifice Mystic Initiation) Σελίδες: 382 Διαστάσεις: 15 7X15 7Cm