{"product_id":"greek-buddha-9780691176321","title":"Greek Buddha","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book offers a new and refreshing approach. It repeatedly calls for more work in various fields, and it should be hoped that scholars do not shy away from taking up the many challenges it raises.\"--Matthew Neale, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies \"Beckwith weaves into Greek Buddha long-standing questions about the origins of Buddhism, contact between Buddhism and ancient Greeks following the incursion of Alexander the Great into Central Asia in the fourth century BCE, and the nature of ethical knowledge... This is excellent scholarship, and Beckwith presents his thesis with skill, insight, and scholarly probity.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii  Acknowledgements xv  On Transcription, Transliteration, and Texts xix  Abbreviations xxi  Prologue: Scythian Philosophy: Pyrrho, the Persian Empire, and India 1  Chapter 1 Pyrrho's Thought: Beyond Humanity 22  Chapter 2 No Differentiations: The Earliest Attested Forms of Buddhism 61  Chapter 3 Jade Yoga and Heavenly Dharma: Buddhist Thought in Classical Age China and India 110  Chapter 4 Greek Enlightenment: What the Buddha, Pyrrho, and Hume Argue Against 138  Epilogue: Pyrrho's Teacher: The Buddha and His Awakening 160  Appendix A The Classical Testimonies of Pyrrho's Thought 180  Appendix B Are Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Both Greek in Origin? 218  Appendix C On the Early Indian Inscriptions 226  Endnotes 251  References 257  Index 269","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403847278935,"sku":"9780691176321","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691176321.jpg?v=1730484705","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/greek-buddha-9780691176321","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}