An Indian thinker from the 6th to 5th century BCE. One of the Six Heretical Masters. He preached materialism and the theory of pleasure. According to him, only the four elements of earth, water, fire, and air are truly real, and he recognized the existence of space as the place where these elements exist and are active. Humans are composed of these four elements, and when we die, the earth that makes up a human being returns to the collection of earth, the water to the collection of water, and the air to the collection of air, and the abilities of the various organs return to space. Humans themselves become nothing at death, and there is no such thing as a soul apart from the body. He said that there is no present life or afterlife, and no reward for good or bad deeds, so rituals, donations, and sacrifices are meaningless. In this way, he completely denied the authority of the old Brahmanism. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
前6~5世紀頃のインドの思想家。六師外道の一人。唯物論,快楽論を説いた。彼によると地水火風の4元素のみが真の実在であり,これらの元素が存在し活動する場所として虚空の存在を認めた。人間はこれらの4元素から構成されていて,死ねば人間を構成している地は地の,水は水の,風は風の集合に,もろもろの器官の能力は虚空に帰する。人間そのものは,死とともに無となり,身体のほかに霊魂のようなものは存在しない。現世も来世も存在せず,善業,悪業の果報も存在しないから,祭祀,布施,犠牲なども無意味であるとする。彼はこのように旧来のバラモン教の権威をことごとく否定しさった。
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