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The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India

Richard Seaford

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Why did Greek philosophy begin in the sixth century BCE? Why did Indian philosophy begin at about the same time? Why did the earliest philosophy take the form that it did? Why was this form so similar in Greece and India? And how do we explain the differences between them? These questions can only be answered by locating the philosophical intellect within its entire societal context, ignoring neither ritual nor economy. The cities of Greece and northern India were in this period distinctive also by virtue of being pervasively monetised. The metaphysics of both cultures is marked by the projection and the introjection of the abstract, all-pervasive, quasi-omnipotent, impersonal substance embodied in money . And in both cultures this development accompanied the interiorisation of the cosmic rite of passage .

Pages: 382

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: December 05, 2019

ISBN: 1108499554

ISBN 13: 9781108499552

The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India

Richard Seaford

4/5 ( ratings)

Why did Greek philosophy begin in the sixth century BCE? Why did Indian philosophy begin at about the same time? Why did the earliest philosophy take the form that it did? Why was this form so similar in Greece and India? And how do we explain the differences between them? These questions can only be answered by locating the philosophical intellect within its entire societal context, ignoring neither ritual nor economy. The cities of Greece and northern India were in this period distinctive also by virtue of being pervasively monetised. The metaphysics of both cultures is marked by the projection and the introjection of the abstract, all-pervasive, quasi-omnipotent, impersonal substance embodied in money . And in both cultures this development accompanied the interiorisation of the cosmic rite of passage .

Pages: 382

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: December 05, 2019

ISBN: 1108499554

ISBN 13: 9781108499552

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