Book contents
- The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India
- The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- The Ancient Texts
- Translations
- Anglicisation of Sanskrit
- Abbreviations
- Part A Introductory
- Part B The Earliest Texts
- Part C Unified Self, Monism and Cosmic Cycle in India
- Part D Unified Self, Monism and Cosmic Cycle in Greece
- Part E Conclusion
- Chapter 16 The Complex Imagining of Universe and Inner Self
- Chapter 17 Ritual, Money, Society and Metaphysics
- Bibliography
- Index of Principal Ancient Passages
- Index
Chapter 17 - Ritual, Money, Society and Metaphysics
from Part E - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2019
- The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India
- The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- The Ancient Texts
- Translations
- Anglicisation of Sanskrit
- Abbreviations
- Part A Introductory
- Part B The Earliest Texts
- Part C Unified Self, Monism and Cosmic Cycle in India
- Part D Unified Self, Monism and Cosmic Cycle in Greece
- Part E Conclusion
- Chapter 16 The Complex Imagining of Universe and Inner Self
- Chapter 17 Ritual, Money, Society and Metaphysics
- Bibliography
- Index of Principal Ancient Passages
- Index
Summary
Chapter 17 sets out the historical factors behind the differing conceptions in India and Greece of the interrelation of universe with inner self and the absence from Greece of karma.
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- The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient IndiaA Historical Comparison, pp. 332 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019