Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought

This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures. 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.

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Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

Acknowledgements
pp v-v

Notes on contributors
pp vi-viii

Abbreviations
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-11

1 - The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy
pp 12-27

2 - The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda
pp 28-39

3 - Harmonia and ṛtá
pp 40-54

4 - Ātman and its transition to worldly existence
pp 55-70

5 - Cosmology, psyche and ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣads
pp 71-86

6 - Plato and yoga
pp 87-103

7 - Technologies of self-immortalisation in ancient Greece and early India
pp 104-117

8 - Does the concept of theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought?
pp 118-133

9 - Self or being without boundaries: on Śaṅkara and Parmenides
pp 134-148

10 - Soul chariots in Indian and Greek thought: polygenesis or diffusion?
pp 149-167

11 - ‘Master the chariot, master your Self’: comparing chariot metaphors as hermeneutics for mind, self and liberation in ancient Greek and Indian Sources
pp 168-185

12 - New riders, old chariots: poetics and comparative philosophy
pp 186-203

13 - The interiorisation of ritual in India and Greece
pp 204-219

14 - Rebirth and ‘ethicisation’ in Greek and South Asian thought
pp 220-234

15 - On affirmation, rejection and accommodation of the world in Greek and Indian religion
pp 235-250

16 - The justice of the Indians
pp 251-264

17 - Nietzsche on Greek and Indian philosophy
pp 265-278

Bibliography
pp 279-302

Index
pp 303-310

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