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It was in what the philosopher Karl Jaspers called the Axial Age that 'New Men' emerged as pioneers of higher evolution. Sangharakshita explores Jaspers' ideas from a Buddhist perspective.
Talk given in 1969.
This talk is part of the series The Higher Evolution.
| 1. | Summary of previous lecture (12:54) | |
| 2. | Introduction to the Axial Age (5:14) | |
| 3. | The Promethean Age (6:35) | |
| 4. | The Age of Agriculture (3:03) | |
| 5. | The Axial Age and the Age of Science and Technology (11:42) | |
| 6. | Karl Jasper's account of the Axial Age (6:33) | |
| 7. | Characteristics of the New Man: i. Self-consciousness (4:34) | |
| 8. | ii. True Individuality (2:49) | |
| 9. | iii. Creativity (3:39) | |
| 10. | iv. Aloneness (3:48) | |
| 11. | v. Unpopularity (3:03) |
Total running time: 1:03:54
