Sino-Platonic Papers is an occasional series edited by Victor H. Mair of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. The purpose of the series is to make available to specialists and the interested public the results of research that, because of its unconventional or controversial nature, might otherwise go unpublished.
Although the chief focus of Sino-Platonic Papers is on the intercultural relations of China with other peoples, challenging and creative studies on a wide variety of philological subjects will be entertained. This series is not the place for safe, sober, and stodgy presentations. Sino-Platonic Papers prefers lively work that, while taking reasonable risks to advance the field, capitalizes on brilliant new insights into the development of civilization.
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List of illustrations iii Preface vi 1. Jones’s missions 1 2. Jones, anquetil-duperron, and bryant 6 3. primeval religion 11 4. Māyā 16 5. Lafitau’s system 23 6. ramsay and the figurists 29 7. Jones’s project 40 8. Bailly’s vision 47 9. Giorgi’s two buddhas 53 10. dabistan and desatir 60 11. vestiges of paradise 66 12. ancient theology 71 Appendixes 78 1. Jones’s discourse on the hindus 78 2. Jones’s discourse on the persians 90 3. Jones’s discourse on the origin and families of nations 107 Bibliography 118
