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How Ancient Indian Ideas Shaped Western Morality and Free Will: Beyond Karma and Determinism

The Silk Road of Ideas – From India to Greece - An Indian scholar and a Greek philosopher face each other across a desert, holding ancient scrolls, symbolizing the exchange of philosophical ideas along the Silk Road.
Indian and Greek scholars exchange ideas across the ancient Silk Road, illustrating the flow of Indian wisdom into Greek philosophy.

Ancient Indian ideas of karma and reincarnation have deeply influenced Western concepts of morality and free will. In this article, we explore how these ideas traveled through Greek philosophy, influenced Christian ethics, and were later challenged by Nietzsche’s rejection of determinism. Learn how these philosophical systems continue to impact modern thinking today.