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Indian Philosophy

1923

PART I THE VEDIC PERIOrl CHAPillF;R II THE HYMNS OF THE RG-VEDA The four Vedas—The parts off the Veda the Mantras the Brahmanas the Upanisads—The importance of the study of the hymns—Date and authorship—l5ifferent views of the teaching tt the hymns—Their philosophical tendencies--Religio" Dcva ".–Naturalism and Anthropomorphism—Heaven and Earth—Vtirulia-4ta—Sfirya—Usas Yania—Indr13 PAC!: [...] 'CHAPTER IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE UPANI$ADS Introduction—ne fluid and indefinite character of the teaching of the Upanigads—Western students of the Upanisads—Date —Early Upanisa.ds—The grad thinkers of the age—Tee hymns of tip Kg-Veda and the eactrilip of the Upanigads compared— Emphasis on the monistic side ofthe hymns—The shifting of the centre from the Object to the subject—The pessimism of the [...] The security of life the wealth of natural resources the freedom from worry the detachment from the cares of existence and the absence of a tyrannous practical interest stimulated 'the higherlife of India with the result that we find from the beginnings of history an impatience of spirit a low of wisdom and a passion for the saner pursuits of the mind. [...] sciences the means of performing all the works and the support of all the d'uties."__I Since philosophy is a human effort to complehend the problem of the universeit is subject to the influences of race and culture. [...] The Indian mind has been traditionally exercised over the questions of the nature of Godhead the end of life and the relation of the individual to the universal soul.
philosophy religion
Pages
740
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142101
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-20 S. Radhakrishnan view
Chapter I
21-60 unknown view
Part I The Vedic Period
61-268 unknown view
Part II The Epic Period
269-670 unknown view
Appendix
671-704 unknown view
Notes
705-724 unknown view
Index
725-738 unknown view
The Vedanta
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Indian Philosophy
740-740 unknown view

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