{"product_id":"philosophy-of-upanishads-nac652","title":"The Philosophy of the Upanishads","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eNAC652\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-author\/paul%20deussenrev%20a%20s%20geden\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Paul DeussenRev. A.S. Geden\"\u003ePaul DeussenRev. A.S. 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Deussen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The book would create a great interest in the study and research in Indology. …the people interested in Upanishadic studies should read this book for getting better insights to the philosophy and philosophical history of Upanishads.\u003cbr\u003e Godabarisha Mishra, Indian Philosophical Annual Vol. 23, 2001-2002\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Paul Deussen’s study of the Upanishads is indeed ‘a work of very high ability and of surpassing interest’. …it has been recognized as a standard on the subject and remains so till today.\u003cbr\u003e Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research Vol. 19, No. 2, April-June 2002\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dr. DELJSSEN’S treatise on the Upanishads needs no formal introduction or commendation to students of Indian thought who are familiar with the German language. To others I would fain hope that the translation here presented, winch appears with the author’s sanction, may serve to make known a work of very marked ability and of surpassing interest. As far as my knowledge extends, there is no adequate exposition of the Upanishads available in English. The best was published by Messrs. Trubner more than a quarter of a century ago, and is in many res1jects out of date. As traced here by the master-hand of the author, the teaching of the ancient Indian seers presents itself in clearest light, and claims the sympathetic study of all lovers of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e For the English rendering I am alone responsible. And where I may have failed to catch the precise meaning of the original, or adequately to represent the turn of phrase, I can only ask the indulgence of the reader. Dr. Deussen’s style is not easy. And if a more capable hand than mine had been willing to essay the task of translation, I would gladly have resigned my office. With whatsoever care I can hardly hope entirely to have escaped error. But for any indication of oversight or mistake, and any suggestion for improvement, I shall be most grateful. The work has exacted many hours that could be ill spared from a very full life. If however it conduce in any way to a better understanding of the mind and heart of India I shall be amply repaid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface to the Author \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e THE present work forms the second part of my General History of Philosophy. It is however complete in itself; and has for its subject the Philosophy of the Upanishads, the culminating point of the Indian doctrine of the universe. This point had been already reached in Vedic, pre-Buddhist times; and in philosophical significance has been surpassed by none of the later development0 of thought up to the present day. In particular the Sankhya system has followed out lines of thought traced for it in the Upanishads, and has emphasized realistic tendencies already found there (infra, pp. 239—255). Buddhism also, though of entirely independent origin, yet betrays its indebtedness in essential points to the teaching of the Upanishads, when its main fundamental thought (nirv6nam, the removal of suffering by the removal of trishna) meets us expressed in other words (union with Brahmau by the removal of kama) in the passage from the Brihadaranyaka quoted below.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The thoughts of the Vedanta therefore became for India a permanent and characteristic spiritual atmosphere, which pervades all the products of the later literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e To every Indian Brahman to-day the Upanishads are what the New Testament is to the Christian. So significant a phenomenon deserved and demanded a more comprehensive treatment than it had yet obtained. And my hope is to remove in some measure the cloud which hitherto has obscured this subject, and to exhibit order and consistency in place of the confused mass of contradictory conceptions, which alone had been supposed to exist. If the result is not a uniform and unified system, there is yet found a regular historical development, the key to which is an original, abrupt and daring idealism and this in its further progress by a twofold concession, on the one hand to traditional beliefs, and on the other to the empirical prepossessions natural to us all, was gradually developed into that which we, adopting Western phraseology if not always in a Western sense, call pantheism, cosmogonism, theism, atheism (Samkhya), and deism (Yoga). Chap. ix., “The Unreality of the Universe” (pp. 226—239), which by its paradoxical title attracts attention and provokes contradiction, or the Final survey at the close of the book (p. 396 if.), may well serve as a first introduction to these oriental teachings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A remarkable and at, first sight perplexing feature in this entire evolution of thought is the persistence with which the original idealism holds its ground, not annulled or set aside by the pantheistic and theistic developments that have grown out of it. On the contrary it remains a living force, the influence of which may be more or less directly traced everywhere, until it is finally abandoned by the Sankhya system. Adopted by the Vedanta it is proclaimed as the only “higher knowledge” (para vidya), and contrasted with all those realistic developments which together with the creation and transmigration doctrines are known as the “lower knowledge” (aware vidya), and are explained as accommodations of the written revelation to the weakness of human understanding. This accommodation theory of the later Vedantist teachers is not wholly baseless, and needs correction only in the one point that this adjustment to the empirical capacity of the intellect (which works within the relations of time, space and causality) was not intentional and conscious, but unconscious. In this shape the idea of accommodation becomes a key which is fitted to unlock the secrets not only of the doctrinal developments of the Upanishads, but of many analogous phenomena in Western philosophy. For the practice of clothing metaphysical intuitions in the forms of empirical knowledge is met with not only in India, but also in Europe from the earliest times. And for that very reason no account would have been taken of it had not Kant demonstrated the incorrectness of the whole procedure, as I hope to show in detail in the later parts of my work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"0%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"90%\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Philosophy of the Upanishads: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Second Period of Indian Philosophy, or the Continuance and Close of the Times of the Brahmanas\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction to the Philosophy of the Upanishads\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1. The Place of the Upanishads in the Literature of the Veda\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1-15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II. Brief Summary of the History of the Upanisahds\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 16-38\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III. The Fundamental Conception of the Upanishads and Its Significance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 38-50\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe System of the Upanishads\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Introduction\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 51-53\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eFirst Part: Theology, or the Doctrine of Brahman\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1. On the Possibility of Knowing Brahman\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 54-85\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II. The Search for Brahman\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 85-99\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III. Symbolical Representations of Brahman\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 99-125\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e IV. The Essential Brahman\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 126-157\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e V. Brahman and the Universe\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 157-179\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eSecond Part: Cosmology, or the Doctrine of the Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e VI. Brahman as Creator of the Universe\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 180-201\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e VII. Brahman as Preserver and Ruler\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 202-219\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e VIII. Brahman as Destroyer of the Universe\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 219-226\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e IX. The Unreality of the Universe\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 226-239\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e X. The Origin of the Sankhya System\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 239-255\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eThird Part: Psychology, or the Doctrine of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XI. The Supreme and the Individual Souls\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 256-263\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XII. The Organs of the Soul\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 163-296\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XIII. The States of the Soul\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 296-312\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003eFourth Part: Eschatology, or the Doctrine or Transmigration and Emancipation, Including the Way Thither (Practical Philosophy)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XIV. Transmigration of the Soul\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 312-338\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XV. Emancipation\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 338-361\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XVI. Practical Philosophy\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 361-395\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e XVII. Retrospect of the Upanishads and Their Teaching\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 396-412\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Index I. Subjects\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 413\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Index II. 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