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Book Title: Pyrrhonism: How The Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Width: 6 in
Author: Adrian Kuzminski
Publication Name: Pyrrhonism : How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Subject: Buddhism / History, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Comparative Religion, Agnosticism
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Series: Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion Ser.
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Religion
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 170 Pages
