The shape of ancient thought : comparative studies in Greek and Indian philosophies
Print Book, English, 2008
1st Indian ed View all formats and editions
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi, 2008
xxxvi, 731 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
9788120833395, 8120833392
460134637
Foreward: 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 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
Afterword: Remarks toward a Conclusion
App. A The Aryans
App. B The Aryan Invasion
App. C Black Athena and Western Xenophobia
App. D The Golden Thigh
App. E Philosophy and Grammar
List of Works Cited