Pyrrhonism - How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism

Informationen zum Autor Adrian Kuzminski is research scholar in philosophy at Hartwick College. Klappentext Adrian Kuzminski argues that Pyrrhonism, an ancient Greek philosophy, can best be understood as a Western form of Buddhism. Not only is its founder, Pyrrho, reported to have traveled to India and been influenced by contacts with Indian sages, but a close comparison of ancient Buddhist and Pyrrhonian texts suggests a common philosophical practice, seeking liberation through suspension of judgment with regard to beliefs about non-evident things. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Preface Part 2 Foreword Part 3 I. Why Pyrrhonism is not Scepticism Part 4 II. Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Part 5 III. The Evident and the Non-Evident Part 6 IV. Modern Pyrrhonism

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Kuzminski
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2010
• EAN: 9780739125076
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2507-6
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion; Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Ancient Greece, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Buddhism, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500