The origins of philosophy in ancient Greece and ancient India

• Verfasst von: Seaford, Richard [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The origins of philosophy in ancient Greece and ancient India
• Titelzusatz: a historical comparison
• Verf.angabe: Richard Seaford, University of Exeter
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: xv, 369 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49955-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Antike / (g)Griechenland <Altertum> / (s)Philosophie / (s)Indische Philosophie / (s)Entstehung / (s)Vergleich
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Seaford, Richard: The origins of philosophy in ancient Greece and anicent India. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020. - 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 369 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1668411601

Abstract

"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"--