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Greek Buddha [electronic resource] : Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia.

By: Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400866328
  • 1400866324
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Greek Buddha : Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia.DDC classification:
  • 186.1 186/.1
LOC classification:
  • B613 .B43 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; On Transcription, Transliteration, and Texts; Abbreviations; PROLOGUE Scythian Philosophy: Pyrrho, the Persian Empire, and India; CHAPTER 1 Pyrrho's Thought: Beyond Humanity; CHAPTER 2 No Differentiations: The Earliest Attested Forms of Buddhism; CHAPTER 3 Jade Yoga and Heavenly Dharma: Buddhist Thought in Classical Age China and India; CHAPTER 4 Greek Enlightenment: What the Buddha, Pyrrho, and Hume Argue Against; EPILOGUE Pyrrho's Teacher: The Buddha and His Awakening; APPENDIX A The Classical Testimonies of Pyrrho's Thought.
APPENDIX B Are Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Both Greek in Origin?APPENDIX C On the Early Indian Inscriptions; Endnotes; References; Index.
Summary: Pyrrho of Elis accompanied Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Graeco-Macedonian invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC, and while there met with teachers of Early Buddhism. Greek Buddha shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Identifying Pyrrho's basic teachings with those of Early Buddhism, Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Greek philosophy to Gandhāra, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India. Using a range of primary sources, he syste.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; On Transcription, Transliteration, and Texts; Abbreviations; PROLOGUE Scythian Philosophy: Pyrrho, the Persian Empire, and India; CHAPTER 1 Pyrrho's Thought: Beyond Humanity; CHAPTER 2 No Differentiations: The Earliest Attested Forms of Buddhism; CHAPTER 3 Jade Yoga and Heavenly Dharma: Buddhist Thought in Classical Age China and India; CHAPTER 4 Greek Enlightenment: What the Buddha, Pyrrho, and Hume Argue Against; EPILOGUE Pyrrho's Teacher: The Buddha and His Awakening; APPENDIX A The Classical Testimonies of Pyrrho's Thought.

APPENDIX B Are Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Both Greek in Origin?APPENDIX C On the Early Indian Inscriptions; Endnotes; References; Index.

Pyrrho of Elis accompanied Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Graeco-Macedonian invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC, and while there met with teachers of Early Buddhism. Greek Buddha shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Identifying Pyrrho's basic teachings with those of Early Buddhism, Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Greek philosophy to Gandhāra, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India. Using a range of primary sources, he syste.

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