A hardback in very good condition. Dust jacket and boards in very good condition. pages are clean and tight. One small \'coffee stain\' extending over 10 pages (see photograph). Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today\'s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought-Western and Eastern philosophies. Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient Near East. This ground breaking reference will stir relentless debate among philosophers, art historians, and students.