Naslov
Metempsychōsis as Common Idea in Ancient Greece and India

Autori
Kokić, Tonći

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

ISBN
978-960-598-254-6

Skup
14th Annual International Conference on Philosophy

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 27.05.2019. - 30.05.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Metempsychōsis ; Ancient Greece ; India

Sažetak
Metempsychōsis, or transmigration of souls (psyche) was a doctrine in some pre philosophical traditions in Greece (Orphics) and part of teaching of some Greek philosophers (Phytagoreans, Empedocles, Plato). The term metempsychōsis is the best known from India as the doctrine of reincarnation, which forces us to compare the two doctrines, investigate possible connections and formative influences between the Greece and India. The doctrine of metempsychōsis in Greece and reincarnation in India, unlike earlier known similar ideas from shamanic and tribal traditions, share specific characteristic in details: the moral quality of past behavior determines the future rebirth of soul, the rebirth of soul in new body is not preferred and the final goal is in permanent and irretrievable exit from the wheel of further incarnation, liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth (lúsis in Greece and mokṣa in India). Anyway, in some points the two doctrines are only similar: cyclic time concept, understanding (the immortality) of soul as identical to immortality of universal and later exist from hilozoistic idea in Greece, belief in inner self (ātman) as a reflection of infinite consciousness or illusion of individuality (Jiva) ; and in some points are different: (in)ability to rejuvenate a reasonable soul in the animal body in Greece in the late learning phase. All of these similarities, and some differences, show that it is not possible to exclude formative influence of India teachings on Greek culture and philosophy.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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