Greek Buddha
Subtitle: Pyrrho's encounter with early Buddhism in Central Asia
By: Christopher I. Beckwith
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780691166445
Subjects: Buddhism; Influence; Buddhism and philosophy; History
Description: Presents a history of early Buddhism based solely on dateable artefacts and archeology rather than received tradition, much of which data is provided by studying Pyrrho's history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Scythian Philosophy: Pyrrho, the Persian Empire, and India; title: Pyrrho's Thought: Beyond Humanity; title: No Differentiations: The Earliest Attested Forms of Buddhism; title: Jade Yoga and Heavenly Dharma: Buddhist Thought in Classical Age China and India; title: Greek Enlightenment: What the Buddha, Pyrrho, and Hume Argue Against; title: Pyrrho's Teacher: The Buddha and His Awakening; title: The Classical Testimonies of Pyrrho's Thought; title: Are Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Both Greek in Origin?; title: On the Early Indian Inscriptions.