The origins of philosophy in ancient Greece and India : a historical comparison /
I define 'philosophy' as the attempt to explain systematically, and without relying on superhuman agency, the fundamental features of the universe and the place of human beings in it. This is not the only possible definition, but is the most revealing one for our period, in which we find t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Summary: | I define 'philosophy' as the attempt to explain systematically, and without relying on superhuman agency, the fundamental features of the universe and the place of human beings in it. This is not the only possible definition, but is the most revealing one for our period, in which we find the advent of 'philosophy' (or something very like it) in Greece, India and China, and nowhere else. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 369 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-361) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781108499552 1108499554 |