Gymnosophists: once and for all (fwd)

[purushottama bilimoria]

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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:10:03 +1000
From: Purushottama Bilimoria <p.bilimoria at philosophy.unimelb.edu.au>
To: pbilmo at deakin.edu.au
Subject: Gymnosophists: once and for all

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>To:indology at liverpool.ac.uk
>From:p.bilimoria at philosophy.unimelb.edu.au (Purushottama Bilimoria)
>Subject:Gymnosophists: once and for all
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>There has been rather elementary level discussion on the gymnosophists on
>the list. Most students of ancient Greek philosophy and Latin know quite a
>bit about this and it is curious to see indologists (once again) trying to
>re-turn an old wheel. At least one indologist I know of has written two or
>three good articles on the gymnosophists, and his utter silence in the
>exchanges we seen on the list puzzles me. Perhaps Paul Le Valley does not
>susbcribe to the list. Anyway, here is a reference to one of his articles:
>"What did the gymnosophists believe?"
>in Yavanika, Journal of the Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies, No
>2 , 1992, pp 61-84.
>
>If anyone is in touch with Paul Le Valley I would like to know his current
>address and e-mail.
>
>Purushottama