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2021 - Volume 5 - Number 2

The Question of Being: Greece, India and China

Antoaneta Nikolova * anikolova@swu.bg * ORCID: 0000-0001-9215-5090
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philosophical and Political Sciences, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Studies in Philosophy, 2021, 5(2), 51-62 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsp.0502.02051n
Received: 19 December 2021 ▪ Accepted: 24 December 2021 ▪ Published Online: 27 December 2021

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
One of the main features of the European perception of reality is that it is understood in terms of Parmenides’ wondering that “there is Being”. This concept is crucial for the Western tradition. In Western thought, the issue of Being is presented in pairs with two possible opposites: becoming and non-being.  In this article, the concept of Being as it is presented in the Ancient Greek thought will be presented in comparison with similar concepts in Indian and Chinese traditions. The main aim of the paper is to outline the peculiarities and importance of each tradition.

KEY WORDS: Greek version, Indian version, Chinese version.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Antoaneta Nikolova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philosophical and Political Sciences, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA. E-mail: anikolova@swu.bg.

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