Greek Buddha : : Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia /

Greek Buddha : : Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia / / Christopher I. Beckwith.

Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Beckwith, Christopher I.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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