The Great Teachers of the Axial Age: Confucius, Buddha, Socrates
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Axial Age refers to the era (800-200 BCE) when five Eurasian civilizations experienced an unprecedented period of development in philosophy, religion, and art. In this compelling course, Professor Matthew Dillon argues that the schools of thought that emerged in this period are integral to how we think about the big questions of existence today. In fifteen eye-opening lectures, Prof. Dillon makes the compelling case that the Axial Age was an ancient age of Enlightenment that has no parallel in world history. As you travel through the ancient cultures of China, India, Persia, Israel, and Greece, you'll learn how each region's great thinkers developed an astonishing variety of ways of understanding the world and our place in it. While you explore the contributions of Confucius, Socrates, and the Buddha; examine works of Taoism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism; survey Homerian epics; and explore concurrent political and economic forces shaping the region, you'll attempt to answer a central question: Why was so much happening at Eurasia at this time? In these captivating lectures, you'll find Prof. Dillon's enthusiasm for this under-explored period in world history infectious.
Format:Audio CD
Language:English
ISBN:1666615323
ISBN13:9781666615326
Release Date:July 2022
Publisher:Learn25
Weight:0.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.6" x 4.9"
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