03644cam a2200637Ii 4500 ocn811402497 OCoLC 20200709055808.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 820702t19801980ne ob 001 0 eng d E7B eng rda pn E7B N$T OCLCQ OCLCF COO OCLCO YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ COCUF MOR PIFAG OCLCQ U3W STF WRM VTS NRAMU VT2 OCLCQ TKN HS0 K6U MUU 961559798 962692031 9783110804171 (electronic bk.) 3110804174 (electronic bk.) 9789027979971 (hardcover) 9027979979 (hardcover) 560923 (N$T) (OCoLC)811402497 (OCoLC)961559798 (OCoLC)962692031 BL2756 REL 017000 bisacsh 291/.044 19 MAIN Thrower, James, 1936-1999, author. The alternative tradition : religion and the rejection of religion in the ancient world / James Thrower. The Hague : Mouton Publishers, [1980] ©1980 1 online resource (286 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Religion and society ; 18 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Religion and myth -- Myth and reality: the primal vision -- Myth and ritual -- Myth, reality and science -- India. Introduction -- The religion of the Vedic period -- The beginnings of speculation: scepticism and agnosticism -- The Upaniṣadic period -- The beginnings of Lokāyāta -- Some early freethinkers -- Philosophical Lokāyāta or Cārvāka -- Early Sāmkhya and Vaiśesika naturalism -- Jain and Buddhist naturalism -- China. Early Chinese religion -- The beginnings of rationalism -- Confucius -- Early Taoism -- Later Confucian naturalism and scepticism: Hsun Tzu and other sceptics -- Wang Ch’ung -- The later sceptical tradition -- Greece. Introduction -- Early Greek religion -- Ionian naturalism -- Atomism -- The Sophists -- The classical period of Greek thought -- The Hellenistic age -- Epicureanism -- The Sceptics -- Rome. Introduction -- Cicero and Lucretius -- The early Empire -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Israel and the ancient Near East -- Babylon -- Egypt -- Postscript. Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (EbscoHost, viewed April 13, 2020). Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Skepticism History. Agnosticism History. Atheism History. Civilization, Ancient. RELIGION Comparative Religion. bisacsh Agnosticism. fast (OCoLC)fst00800399 Atheism. fast (OCoLC)fst00819974 Civilization, Ancient. fast (OCoLC)fst00862946 Skepticism. fast (OCoLC)fst01119940 Electronic books. Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Thrower, James, 1936-1999. Alternative tradition. The Hague ; New York : Mouton, ©1980 9027979979 (DLC) 82149804 (OCoLC)7193124 Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 18. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=560923 ebrary EBRY ebr10585459 EBSCOhost EBSC 560923 YBP Library Services YANK 7661704 92 N$T 52928 52928