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The concept of the “Axial Age” was proposed by German philosopher Karl Jaspers as a civilizational hypothesis. According to Jaspers, between the eighth and second centuries BCE, human history entered one of its most profound periods of transformation. During this five-hundred-year span, the four great ancient civilizations—Egypt, Babylonia, China, and Greece—each, independently and without direct contact, experienced a “philosophical breakthrough.”

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Dialogue and Exchange Between Axial Age and Neo-Axial Age Civilizations

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    2025年

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  • Roger T. Ames,
  • Feng Tianyu,
  • Yao Xinzhong

摘要

The concept of the “Axial Age” was proposed by German philosopher Karl Jaspers as a civilizational hypothesis. According to Jaspers, between the eighth and second centuries BCE, human history entered one of its most profound periods of transformation. During this five-hundred-year span, the four great ancient civilizations—Egypt, Babylonia, China, and Greece—each, independently and without direct contact, experienced a “philosophical breakthrough.”