PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

This paper traces the history of Shunya (emptiness) from its ancient Vedic roots to its unique transformation by the medieval saint Achyutananda. Originally, the concept began in early Indian thought as both a mathematical zero and a spiritual space. Over centuries, classical schools fiercely debated its meaning, turning it into a strict philosophical choice. On one side, early Buddhist thinkers used Shunya to descr…

Reference · Wikidata

study of classical antiquity

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Classics, also known as classical studies or ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics may also include as secondary subjects Greco-Roman philosophy, history, archaeology, anthropology, architecture, art, mythology, and soci…

Book · DOAB

Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their…

Full text · Open Library

This new edition offers expanded selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two new works, the dialogues Robber Zhi and White Horse ; a concise general introduction; brief introductions to, and selective bibliographies for, each work; and four appendices that shed light on important figures, periods, texts, and terms in Chinese thought.

Image · DPLA

Fall 2008 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University