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Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c13.3.4

Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c13.3.4

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c13.3.4

It is therefore with surprise that we find no less an authority than Burnet³ writing that “ everything points to the conclusion that Indian philosophy came from Greece.” The resemblances, superficially very striking, are often, on thorough investigation, found to be far less complete than they appear to be at first sight. As for the theory of Metempsychosis, it has been found to exist among many early races. The Celts, for instance, believed in it, as Julius Caesar discovered¹. The legend said to be inscribed upon king Arthur’s tomb