Name: Age Of The Sages
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Age Of The Sages

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Preface/Timeline
Introduction: What Was The Axial Age?

Part One-West Asia
The Noble Ones * The World Of Zoroaster * Zoroaster’s Legacy

Part Two-South Asia Preaxial India * 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 Siddhartha Gautama * “I Am Awake” * Why We Suffer * The Noble Path * From Buddha To Buddhism * Jainism

Part Three-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 Glossary/Index

Additional Info
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.

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SKU (ISBN): 9780800699215
ISBN10: 0800699211
Mark Muesse
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: August 2013
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media

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