| Description |
12 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 155 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Performer |
Lecturer, Mark W. Muesse. |
| Note |
"Course no. 6312." |
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Compact discs. |
| Summary |
Twenty-four lectures presenting an overview of world religions from 800 B.C. to 200 B.C. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: disc 1. lecture 1. What was the Axial Age? lecture 2. The noble ones -- disc 2. lecture 3. The world of Zoroaster. lecture 4. Zoroaster's legacy -- disc 3. lecture 5. South Asia before the Axial Age. lecture 6. The start of the Indian Axial Age -- disc 4. lecture 7. Death and rebirth. lecture 8. The quest for liberation -- disc 5. lecture 9. The Vedantic solution. lecture 10. The one and the many -- disc 6. lecture 11. The life of Siddhattha Gotama. lecture 12. "I am awake." |
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pt. 2: disc 7. lecture 13. Why we suffer. lecture 14. The noble path -- disc 8. lecture 15. From Buddha to Buddhism. lecture 16. Jainism -- disc 9. lecture 17. East Asia before the Axial Age. lecture 18. The world of Confucius -- disc 10. lecture 19. The foundations of Confucianism. lecture 20. The cultivation of virtue -- disc 11. lecture 21. Early Confucianism and the rise of Daoism. lecture 22. The Daodejing -- disc 12. lecture 23. Daoist politics and mysticism. lecture 24. Reflections on the Axial Age. |
| Subject |
Religion -- History.
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Religions -- History.
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Stone age.
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Iron age.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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| Genre/Form |
Lectures.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
159803281X (Library ed.) |
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9781598032819 (Library ed.) |
| Music No. |
6312 Teaching Co. |
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