The Age of the Sages The Axial Age in Asia and the near East |
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| Author:
| Muesse, Mark W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8006-9921-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | 1517 Media
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| Imprint: | Fortress Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00USD $29.00 |
Book Description:
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By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 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.
By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 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.