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  • Chapter 5 - The Economics of Sacrifice

  • from Part C - Unified Self, Monism and Cosmic Cycle in India
  • Richard Seaford, University of Exeter
  • Book:
    The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India
    Published online:
    14 November 2019
    Print publication:
    05 December 2019, pp 73-101

  • Summary

    Chapter 5 begins with similarities and differences beween Vedic and Greek sacrifice, notably the centrality to Greek sacrifice of the communal meal that was absent from Vedic sacrifice, in which the cycle of nature, the payment of metaphysical debt and the rite of passage to heaven and back each forms a cosmic cycle driven by necessity. The individualisation of the Vedic sacrifice, along with its interiorisation and automatisation, cannot be explained by ignoring the factor of monetisation. Individualisation in India and Greece has different cultural consequences.