In Love with Wisdom: Ancient Greek and Early Buddhist Philosophies

Bridging early Buddhist thought and ancient Greek philosophy, In Love with Wisdom offers a fresh glimpse into the ethics and metaphysics of the time, revealing how figures like Heraclitus and Socrates were grappling with the same ideas as the early Buddhists.

“Is it not also clear that by knowing themselves people experience the most good things, and by being deceived about themselves they suffer the most evils?” This question, posed by Socrates, cuts to the heart of both ancient Greek philo...