On the Axial Age

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • One of 250 short talks given by Alan Macfarlane in 2022 on the topic of 'What I have learnt about myself and the world', to be published as a book.

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  • @lucianopavarotti2843
    @lucianopavarotti2843 Місяць тому

    I can recommend the novel "Creation" by Gore Vidal, which is based on the axial age premise, and tells the story of the Persian grandson of Zoroaster and his diplomatic travels, during which he meets the contemporaries Socrates, the Buddha and Confucius. The chronology regarding Zoroaster is probably off, (he seems to have lived much earlier) but it still tells a good story of inter-civilisation fusion and fertilisation.

  • @christopherneufelt8971
    @christopherneufelt8971 Місяць тому

    Good Day Prof. MacFarlane! Prof. Joseph Campbell as well as Sprengler spoke on a similar Aspect (correspondingly; Pathways to Bliss and The Decline of the West). Though Campbell attributed the philosophical Change to the Advancement of the CityStructure, (i.e. the great Reversal), Sprengler attributed the philosophical Change to the LifeCircle of Civilization. Any Thoughts on this? I will subscribe to your Channel anyway, so if you want you can answer in another Presentation if you want. P.S. Thanks for the Presentation.