The Age of the Sages: The Axial Age in Asia and the Near East

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THE AGE OF THE SAGES THE AGE OF THE SAGES THE AXIAL AGE IN ASIA AND THE NEAR EAST MARK W. MUESSE Fortress Press Minneapolis THE AGE OF THE SAGES The Axial Age in Asia and the Near East Copyright © 2013 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Cover image: Zoroaster image © Torea Frey; Prince Siddharta, the Buddha, Gandhara, from Peshawar, Pakistan, Gandhara style, second century CE, Marble, Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY; Statue of Confucius, Chinatown, New York, NY, © Vanni Archive / Art Resource, NY Cover design: Tory Herman Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Print ISBN: 978-0-8006-9921-5 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4514-3861-1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. This book was produced using PressBooks.com, and PDF rendering was done by PrinceXML. For Dhammika Swarnamali Muesse My wife, teacher, and friend ...