Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements v
4. Notes on contributors vi
5. Abbreviations ix
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The common origin approach to comparing Indian and Greek philosophy 12
8. 2 The concept of ṛtá in the Ṛgveda 28
9. 3 Harmonia and ṛtá 40
10. 4 Ātman and its transition to worldly existence 55
11. 5 Cosmology, psyche and ātman in the Timaeus, the Ṛgveda and the Upaniṣad 71
12. 6 Plato and yoga 87
13. 7 Technologies of self-immortalisation in ancient Greece and early India 104
14. 8 Does the concept of theōria fit the beginning of Indian thought? 118
15. 9 Self or being without boundaries: on Śaṅkara and Parmenides 134
16. 10 Soul chariots in Indian and Greek thought: polygenesis or diffusion? 149
17. 11 ‘Master the chariot, master your Self’: comparing chariot metaphors as hermeneutics for mind, self and liberation in ancient Greek and Indian sources 168
18. 12 New riders, old chariots: poetics and comparative philosophy 186
19. 13 The interiorisation of ritual in India and Greece 204
20. 14 Rebirth and ‘ethicisation’ in Greek and South Asian thought 220
21. 15 On affirmation, rejection and accommodation of the world in Greek and Indian religion 235
22. 16 The justice of the Indians 251
23. 17 Nietzsche on Greek and Indian philosophy 265
24. Bibliography 279
25. Index 303