TY  - GEN
T1  - Greek Buddha : Pyrrho's encounter with early Buddhism in Central Asia
A1  - Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2015
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn908669993
AB  - Pyrrho of Elis accompanied Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Graeco-Macedonian invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC, and while there met with teachers of Early Buddhism. Greek Buddha shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Identifying Pyrrho's basic teachings with those of Early Buddhism, Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Greek philosophy to Gandhāra, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India. Using a range of primary sources, he syste.
CN  - B613 .B43 2015
SN  - 9781400866328
SN  - 1400866324
SN  - 9780691176321
SN  - 9780691166445
SN  - 0691166447
KW  - Pyrrhon, : of Elis.
KW  - Pyrrhon, : of Elis
KW  - Buddhism : History : To ca. 100 A.D.
KW  - Buddhism : Influence.
KW  - Buddhism and philosophy.
KW  - Buddhism : History.
KW  - Bouddhisme : Histoire.
KW  - Bouddhisme : Influence.
KW  - Bouddhisme et philosophie.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : History & Surveys : Ancient & Classical.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : Religious.
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Buddhism and philosophy
KW  - Buddhism : Influence
KW  - To 100
KW  - Aristocles passage.
KW  - Buddha Sakyamuni.
KW  - Buddha.
KW  - Buddhism.
KW  - Chinese philosophy.
KW  - David Hume.
KW  - Early Brahmanism.
KW  - Early Buddhism.
KW  - Early Pyrrhonism.
KW  - Early Taoist texts.
KW  - Early Zoroastrianism.
KW  - Jade Yoga Inscription.
KW  - Laotzu.
KW  - Megasthenes.
KW  - Normative Buddhism.
KW  - Problem of Induction.
KW  - Problem of the Criterion.
KW  - Pyrrho of Elis.
KW  - Pyrrho.
KW  - Pyrrhonian scepticism.
KW  - Warring States period.
KW  - Western philosophy.
KW  - ancient Greece.
KW  - epistemology.
KW  - ethical matters.
KW  - pragmata.
KW  - History
ER  -