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Thomas mcevilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout india, egypt. Books by thomas mcevilley author of the shape of ancient. In the shape of ancient thought, an empirical study of the roots of western culture, the author argues that eastern and western civilizations have not always had separate, autonomous metaphysical schemes. The book is a detailed 656 pages comparative study of greek and indian religious and philosophical thought. Framed in a lucid discussion of the intellectual issues surrounding the postmodern movement, the essays in this book reexamine the course of twentiethcentury art through the work of twentyfive major sculptors.
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