TY  - BOOK
ED  - Seaford, Richard
AB  - From the sixth century BCE onwards there occurred a revolution in thought, with novel ideas such as such as that understanding the inner self is both vital for human well-being and central to understanding the universe. This intellectual transformation is sometimes called the beginning of philosophy. And it occurred – independently it seems - in both India and Greece, but not in the vast Persian Empire that divided them. How was this possible? This is a puzzle that has never been solved.   This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures, and on how to explain them. 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.
DO  - 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474410991.001.0001
ID  - OAPEN ID: 642731
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 964447321
KW  - Classics
KW  - History
KW  - Ancient
KW  - Greece
KW  - Indian
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Atman (Hinduism)
KW  - Chariot
KW  - Parmenides
KW  - Plato
KW  - Ṛta
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/eaa8e384-2cd7-43bd-9b45-8798b4dbaab4/642731.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30771
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
PY  - 2016-07-11
SN  - 9781474411004;9781474411011
TI  - Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thoughtnull
ER  - 
