In what way could the period of about 800 to 200 BCE be considered the "Axial Period" of history?
What does this term mean?
"Axial" comes from "axis" (turning point). The 20th century philosopher Karl Jaspers called the period around 500 B.C. "the turning point of civilization" because so many astonishing advances in human consciousness occurred at this time in many parts of the world.
- Confucius, Lao-tse and others in China; the Upanishads and Buddha in India; Zarathustra in Iran; the Hebrew prophets Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Deutero-Isaiah; Homer, Plato, Heraclitus, Parmenides, and the great tragedians in Greece.
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According to Marx and Engels, what are the two classes in opposition?
What will be an ideal response?
What is the contractarian theory of morality?
What will be an ideal response?
The Jain Agamas are translations of
a. the sermons of Parshva. b. the revelations of the Tirthankaras. c. the heavenly sounds of Mahavira. d. the Hindu Vedas