1st Edition

The Philosophy of the Upanishads and Ancient Indian Metaphysics

By Archibald Edward Gough Copyright 2001
294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 2000. This is volume IX of 10 in the Oriental Series based on India and its language and literature and is concerned with a collection of the philosophy of the Upanishads and the ancient Indian metaphysics. Those interested in the general history of philosophy will find in this book an account of a very early attempt, on the part of thinkers of a rude age and race, to form a... Read more
Chapter 1 THE ANTECEDENTS OF INDIAN METAPHYSICS–METEMPSYCHOSIS; Chapter 2 THE QUEST OF THE REAL -BRAHMAN AND MAYA, THE SELF AND THE WORLD-FICTION; Chapter 3 THE RELEASE FROM METEMPSYCHOSIS; Chapter 4 THE MUNDAKA UPANISHAD; Chapter 5 THE KATHA UPANISHAD; Chapter 6 THE BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD; Chapter 7 THE SENSATIONAL NIHILISM OF THE BUDDHISTS–THE COSMOLOGY OF THE SANKHYAS; Chapter 8 THE SVETASVATARA UPANISHAD; Chapter 9 THE PRIMITIVE ANTIQUITY OF THE DOCTRINE OF MAYA;

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Archibald Edward Gough