History of Philosophy and Religion

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Department of Languages and Humanities

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The definition of philosophy, characteristics of philosophical thinking. The Indo-European roots of thinking and religion (Indians, Persians, ancient Slavs, Greeks, Celts). Ancient societies at the dawn of history. India, its thinking and religion, China, Egypt. Zarathustra and the Persian religion. Buddhism and its influence on world thinking. The philosophy of Ancient Greece. Pre-Columbian America and its religious tradition. The rise of gnostic thinking in Antiquity, its origin, character and meaning. The formation of Western Christianity. Genesis of the European type of thinking.

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