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Η μεγάλη μεταμόρφωση, The world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah

Author: Karen Armstrong

In the centuries between 800 and 300 BC, there was an explosion of new religions. It is the most significant period since humans discovered fire.

Why do Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, and...

In the centuries between 800 and 300 BC, there was an explosion of new religions. It is the most significant period since humans discovered fire.

Why do Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, and Laozi, among others, appear in this crucial five-hundred-year span? And how is it that they have such similar ideas regarding human values and humanity?

In The...

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  • Number of pages Number of pages 592
  • Translation Translation Anita M. Grigoriadou
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Year of publication Year of publication 2011
  • Dimensions Dimensions 14x21 cm
  • Publisher Publisher Enalios
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In the centuries between 800 and 300 BC, there was an explosion of new religions. It is the most significant period since humans discovered fire.

Why do Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, and Laozi, among others, appear in this crucial five-hundred-year span? And how is it that they have such similar ideas regarding human values and humanity?

In The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong explores this fascinating period and identifies all those significant ideological elements that connect the group of philosophers, mystics, and theologians that emerge.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]

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Author
Karen Armstrong
Publisher
Enalios
Original Title
The Great Transformation
Translation
Anita M. Grigoriadou
Subtitle
The world in the time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah
Theme
Lives of Saints, Theology & Doctrine
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
592
Language
Greek
Release Date
4/2011
Publication Date
2011
Dimensions
14x21 cm
Pocket Size
No
ISBN-13
9789605364557

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