Eastern Religions and Western Thought, Volume 62In this book, author Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a philosopher and former President of India, describes leading ideas of Indian philosophy and religion. He traces the probable influence of Indian mysticism on Greek thought and Christian development, through Alexandrian Judaism, Christian Gnosticism, and Neo-Platonism. Radhakrishnan argues that Christianity arose out of an eastern background, became wedded to Graeco-Latin culture, and will find rebirth in a renewed alliance with this Eastern heritage--From publisher description. |
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THE HINDU | 35 |
MYSTICISM AND ETHICS IN HINDU THOUGHT | 58 |
The nature of ecstasy Its relation to and bearing | 77 |
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