A Comparative History of IdeasMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1992 - 572 pages Hajime Nakamura argues with remarkable erudition that particular intellectual and social developments can be traced in all great cultures; that each culture deals with its problems in about the same order. Discussing, in their similarities and in their subtle differences, ideas from India, China, Japan and Europe, the author considers such inclusive notions as the concept of God, the controversy over universals and the nature of orthodoxy and heterodoxy. This is a lucid and rewarding book which sets a new standard for dealing with a history of thought across many cultures. |
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... Heaven : " Heaven indulged them and cheri- shed and protected them . " 8 3. Establishment of an Hierarchical Order FROM about 1000 B.C. the Aryans moved farther to the southeast to settle in the districts along the upper part of the ...
... Heaven : " Heaven indulged them and cheri- shed and protected them . " 8 3. Establishment of an Hierarchical Order FROM about 1000 B.C. the Aryans moved farther to the southeast to settle in the districts along the upper part of the ...
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... Heaven - Shining - Great - August Deity ) , who was worshipped as the ancestor of the Imperial Family . It was thought that the sun at midday was deified . The myth of the solar ancestry of the imperial clan was widely accepted among ...
... Heaven - Shining - Great - August Deity ) , who was worshipped as the ancestor of the Imperial Family . It was thought that the sun at midday was deified . The myth of the solar ancestry of the imperial clan was widely accepted among ...
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... Heaven ! ) , which is equivalent to the Greek ' Zeus patēr ' and Latin ' Juppiter ' ( Jovis Pater = fatherly Jove ) . In ancient China , Heaven was the chief Deity . The Chou king called himself " Son of Heaven , " and the Chou ...
... Heaven ! ) , which is equivalent to the Greek ' Zeus patēr ' and Latin ' Juppiter ' ( Jovis Pater = fatherly Jove ) . In ancient China , Heaven was the chief Deity . The Chou king called himself " Son of Heaven , " and the Chou ...
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... Heaven and Earth being universal parents probably goes back to remote antiquity , for it is common to the mythology of China and of New Zealand , and can be inferred in Egyptian mythology.17 The fire - god , 18 Agni ( cf. Latin : ignis ...
... Heaven and Earth being universal parents probably goes back to remote antiquity , for it is common to the mythology of China and of New Zealand , and can be inferred in Egyptian mythology.17 The fire - god , 18 Agni ( cf. Latin : ignis ...
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... Heaven and earth tremble when Indra slays Vṛtra . He does not destroy the dragon only once , but repeatedly , and he is asked always to kill Vṛtra in the future to release the waters . He should be regarded as a counterpart of the ...
... Heaven and earth tremble when Indra slays Vṛtra . He does not destroy the dragon only once , but repeatedly , and he is asked always to kill Vṛtra in the future to release the waters . He should be regarded as a counterpart of the ...
Contents
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Problems of Practice | 125 |
Human Existence | 237 |
The Ideal of the Universal State | 317 |
Concluding Remarks | 344 |
FEATURES OF MEDIEVAL THOUGHT | 351 |
Two Types of Religion | 370 |
Theology and its Counterparts | 423 |
Conclusion | 469 |
COMMON FEATURES OF MODERN THOUGHT | 475 |
The Development of Heterodoxies | 142 |
F Concluding Words | 183 |
EARLY UNIVERSAL RELIGIONS | 191 |
B Faith | 206 |
Concluding Words | 215 |
B Attitude toward Philosophy in General | 225 |
Revival of Skepticism | 490 |
Modern Religious Attitudes | 511 |
B Changes in the Evaluation of Man | 536 |
Conclusion of the Discussions on Modern Thought | 561 |
INDEX | 568 |
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Page 198 - John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness
Page 251 - Death is swallowed up in victory." ' "O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ''But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 23 - ... souls, because they will not use their memories: they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.
Page 214 - And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves ; and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow so as no fuller on earth
Page 248 - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Page 125 - It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
Page 407 - But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.
Page 218 - ... them unfounded. If the challenge is not accepted, or is accepted and the attempt fails, we are far enough from certainty still; but we have done the best that the existing state of human reason admits of; we have neglected nothing that could give the truth a chance of reaching us: if the lists are kept open, we may hope that if there be a better truth, it will be found when the human mind is capable of receiving it; and in the meantime we may rely on having attained such approach to truth, as...
Page 192 - Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Page 257 - Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.