The Cross-cultural Spread of Greek Philosophy (and Indian Moral Tales) to 6th Century Persian and Syriac

The Cross-cultural Spread of Greek Philosophy (and Indian Moral Tales) to 6th Century Persian and SyriacStudia Graeco-ArabicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/C8UGV8B8/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.RichardSorabjiThe Cross-cultural Spread of Greek Philosophy (and Indian Moral Tales) to 6th Century Persian and Syriachttp://syriaca.org/cbss/C8UGV8B8https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/C8UGV8B8https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/C8UGV8B8Studia Graeco-Arabica92019147-164Pagan Greek philosophy spread to the Persian king Khushru I, a Zoroastrian, in the 6th century CE, who first gave the Athenian philosophers refuge from their Christian emperor, to hold (newly translated) discussions with them, and then got a report through ‘Paul of Persia’ of the Alexandrian school’s case to Christian students for studying Aristotle’s logic, in order to decide between conflicting claims about Christian doctrine. The Greek philosophical author of this (newly translated) case can be identified, and it has nothing to do with the equally fascinating autobiography of Khushru’s physician, who got and translated into Middle Persian charming moral tales from India, but abandoned all effort to decide between conflicting Indian claims about religion. Sorabji, Richard. “The Cross-Cultural Spread of Greek Philosophy (and Indian Moral Tales) to 6th Century Persian and Syriac.” Studia Graeco-Arabica 9 (2019): 147–64. Richard Sorabji, The Cross-Cultural Spread of Greek Philosophy (and Indian Moral Tales) to 6th Century Persian and Syriac, Studia Graeco-Arabica 9 (2019): 147–64.IV-VII CEIranJohn PhiloponusKhusrau INestoriansPaul the PersianSassaniansVI CEphilosophyprefaceprimary sources [Syriac] - English translation