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the Axial Age in Asia and the Near East

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The age of the sages
Mark W. Muesse
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the Axial Age in Asia and the Near East

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"By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, and others side by side, we are able to see more clearly the questions with which they struggled, their similarities and differences, and how their ideas have influenced religious thought down to our day" -- Publisher description.

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Fortress Press
Language
English
Pages
274

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Subjects
Religion, History, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Confucianism, Taoism, Philosophy and religion
Places
South Asia, Middle East, East Asia

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Table of Contents

Part I. West Asia. The noble ones
The life of Zoroaster
Zoroaster's legacy
Part II. South Asia. South Asia before the Axial Age
The start of the Indian Axial Age
Death and rebirth
The quest for liberation
The Vedantic solution
The one and the many
The life of Siddhattha Gotama
"I am awake"
Why we suffer
The noble path
From Buddha to Buddhism
Jainism
Part III. East Asia. East Asia before the Axial Age
The world of Confucius
The foundations of Confucianism
The cultivation of virtue
Early Confucianism and the rise of Daoism
The Daodejing
Daoist politics and mysticism
Conclusion: Reflections on the Axial Age.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.

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Minneapolis

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Library of Congress
BL1033 .M84 2013

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Pagination
xviii, 274 pages
Number of pages
274

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31190250M
ISBN 10
0800699211
ISBN 13
9780800699215, 9781451438611
LCCN
2014415174
OCLC/WorldCat
837147369

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