"This book ... is not only for the Western student, but for all of us who must gauge our impacted twentieth-century world and find our path in its confusion."--The New York Times

Here are the chief riches of more than 3,000 years of Indian philosophical thought-the ancient Vedas, the Upanisads, the epics, the treatises of the heterodox and orthodox systems, the commentaries of the scholastic period, and the contemporary writings. Introductions and interpretive commentaries are provided.
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Features significant works from the Vedic and Epic periods, the Heterodox and Orthodox systems, and contemporary Indian thought.
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xv*General Introduction, pg. xvii*Chapter I. The Vedas, pg. 3*Chapter II. The Upanisads, pg. 37*Introduction, pg. 99*Chapter III. The Bhagavad-Gita, pg. 101*Chapter IV. The Mahabharata, pg. 164*Chapter V. The Laws of Manu, pg. 172*Chapter VI. Kautilya's Artha-Sastra, pg. 193*Chapter VII. Carvaka, pg. 227*Chapter VIII. Jainism, pg. 250*Chapter IX. Buddhism, pg. 272*Introduction, pg. 349*Chapter X. Nyaya, pg. 356*Chapter XI. Vaisesika, pg. 386*Chapter XII. Samkhya, pg. 424*Chapter XIII. Yoga, pg. 453*Chapter XIV. Purva Mimamsa, pg. 486*Chapter XV. Vedanta, pg. 506*Chapter XVI. Sri Aurobindo, pg. 575*Chapter XVII. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, pg. 610*Appendices, pg. 638*Bibliography, pg. 643*Index, pg. 671
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780691019581
Publisert
1967-04-21
Utgiver
Princeton University Press; Princeton University Press
Vekt
794 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
720

Om bidragsyterne

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) was an Indian statesman, philosopher, and scholar of comparative religion and philosophy. He was India’s second president and his academic appointments included the Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford. His many books included An Idealist View of Life. Charles A. Moore (1901–1967), an American philosopher and historian, was professor of philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i. He founded and edited the journal Philosophy East and West.