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portada Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values. By Richard Sorabji
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9780199644339
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Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values. By Richard Sorabji

Richard Sorabji (Author) · Oup Uk · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values. By Richard Sorabji "

"Was Gandhi a philosopher? Yes." So begins this remarkable investigation of the guiding principles that motivated the transformative public acts of one of the top historical figures of the twentieth century. Richard Sorabji, continuing his exploration of the many connections between South Asian thought and ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, brings together in this volume the unlikely pairing of Mahatma Gandhi and the Stoics, uncovering a host of parallels that suggests a deep affinity spanning the two millennia between them. While scholars have long known Gandhi's direct Western influences to be Platonic and Christian, Sorabji shows how a look at Gandhi's convergence with the Stoics works mutually, throwing light on both of them. Both emphasized emotional detachment, which provided a necessary freedom, a suspicion of universal rules of conduct that led to a focus not on human rights but human duties--the personally determined paths each individual must make for his or her self. By being "indifferent," paradoxically, both the Stoics and Gandhi could "love" manifoldly. In drawing these links to the fore, Sorabji demonstrates the comparative consistency of Gandhi's philosophical ideas, isolating the specific ideological strengths that were required to support some of the most consequential political acts and experiments in how to live.

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