Greek Buddha : Pyrrho's encounter with early Buddhism in Central Asia
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0691166447
ISBN 13
9780691166445
Category
Publication Year
2015
Publisher
Subject
Buddhism--History--To ca. 100 A.D.; Buddhism--Influence.; Buddhism and philosophy.; Pyrrhon,--of Elis.
Description
xxi, 275 pages ; 25 cm; Scythian Philosophy: Pyrrho, the Persian Empire, and India -- Pyrrho's Thought: Beyond Humanity -- No Differentiations: The Earliest Attested Forms of Buddhism -- Jade Yoga and Heavenly Dharma: Buddhist Thought in Classical Age China and India -- Greek Enlightenment: What the Buddha, Pyrrho, and Hume Argue Against -- Pyrrho's Teacher: The Buddha and His Awakening -- The Classical Testimonies of Pyrrho's Thought -- Are Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Both Greek in Origin? -- On the Early Indian Inscriptions.; Presents a history of early Buddhism based solely on dateable artefacts and archeology rather than received tradition, much of which data is provided by studying Pyrrho's history.;
Biblio Notes
894625504
Number of Copies
1
