Indian Philosophy

822 Pages·1923·49.536 MB·English

by  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

RADHAKRISHNAN
INDIAN
PHILOSOPHY
Jtluirijeati Htbrarp of
LONDON : GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
NEW YORK : THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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SOME PRESS OPINIONS
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'The work gives a clear and rational
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Hinduism. The happy blend of Eastern
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inexpert, and it need hardly be added,
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instructive. Professor Radhakrishnan has
shown that in their perception of the goal,
in the acuteness of their reasoning, and
in the boldness of their conceptions, the
Indian thinkers are second to none.”—
Times Literary Supplement.
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“Comprehensive and authoritative. No
such adequate account of Hindu thought
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has appeared in English. The spirit,
motive, and method of this great book

are admirable.”—Church Times.
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MUIRHEAD LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY
' An admirable statement of the aims of the Library of Philosophy was
provided by the first editor, the late Professor H. J. Muirhead, in his
description of the original programme printed in Erdman’s History of
Philosophy under the date 1890. This was slightly modified in subsequent
volumes to take the form of the following statement:
“The Muirhead Library of Philosophy was designed as a contribution
to the History of Modern Philosophy under the heads: first of different
Schools of Thought—Sensationalist, Realist, Idealist, Intuitivist; se¬
condly of different Subjects—Psychology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political
Philosophy, Theology. While much had been done in England in tracing
the course of evolution in nature, history, economics, morals and religion,
little had been done in tracing the development of thought on these sub¬
jects. Yet ‘the evolution of opinion is part of the whole evolution.’
“By the co-operation of different writers in carrying out this plan it
was hoped that a thoroughness and completeness of treatment, otherwise
unattainable, might be secured. It was believed also that from writers
mainly British and American fuller consideration of English Philosophy
than it had hitherto received might be looked for. In the earlier series
of books containing, among others, Bosanquet’s History of Aesthetics,
Pfleiderer’s Rational Theology since Kant, Albee’s History of English
Utilitarianism, Bonar’s Philosophy and Political Economy, Brett’s History
of Psychology, Ritche’s Natural Rights, these objects were to a large ex¬
tent effected.
“In the meantime original work of a high order was being produced
both in England and America by such writers as Bradley, Stout, Bertrand
Russell, Baldwin, Urban, Montague and others, and a new interest in
foreign works, German, French and Italian, which had either become
classical or were attracting public attention, had developed. The scope
of the Library thus became extended into something more international,
and it is entering on the fifth decade of its existence in the hope that it
may contribute to that mutual understanding between countries which
is so pressing a need of the present time.”
The need which Professor Muirhead stressed is no less pressing today,
and few will dbny that philosophy has much to do with enabling us to
meet it, although no one, least of all Muirhead himself, would regard
that as the sole, or even the main, object of philosophy. As Professor
Muirhead continues to lend the distinction of his name to the Library of
Philosophy, it seemed not inappropriate to allow him to recall us to these
aims in his own words. The emphasis on the history of thought seemed
to me also very timely; and the number of important works promised for
the Library in the near future augur well for the continued fulfilment, in
this and in other ways, of the expectations of the original editor. <
H. D. LEWIS
MUIRHEAD LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY
General Editor, Professor H. D. Lewis
Professor of Philosophy, University College, Bangor
THE ANALYSIS OF MIND By Bertrand Russell 6th Impression
ANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY By Prof G. F. Stout Two Vols 5th Impression
ATTENTION By Prof W. B. Pillsbury 2nd Impression
COLERIDGE AS PHILOSOPHER By Prof J. H. Muirhead
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY Edited by Prof George
P. Adams and Prof Wm Pepperell Montague Two Vols
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PHILOSOPHY Edited by Prof J. H. Muir¬
head Two Vols in One 3rd Impression
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN PHILOSOPHY Edited by Radhakrishnan
and Prof J. H. Muirhead
DIALOGUES ON METAPHYSICS By Nicholas Malebranche Translated
by Morris Ginsberg
ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTIVE PHILOSOPHY By Prof J. S.
Mackenzie 2nd Impression
ETHICS By Nicolai Hartmann Translated by Stanton Coit Three Vols
GOD AND PERSONALITY By Prof Clement C. J. Webb 3^ Impression
THE GOOD WILL: A STUDY IN THE COHERENCE THEORY OF
GOODNESS By Prof H. J. Paton
THE GREAT PROBLEMS By Bernardino Varisco Translated by Prof R. C.
Lodge
HEGEL’S SCIENCE OF LOGIC Translated by W. H. Johnston and L. G.
Siruthers Two Vols 2nd Impression
HISTORY OF ESTHETIC By Dr B. Bosanquet 4th Edition 5th
Impression
HISTORY OF ENGLISH UTILITARIANISM By Prof E. Albee
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY By J. E. Erdmann
Vol. I Ancient and Mediaeval 5th Impression
Vol. II Modern 6th Impression
Vol. Ill Since Hegel 7th Impression
HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY By Prof G. S. Brett Edited by R. S. Peters
Abridged one volume edition
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE By Bertrand Russell
A HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH PHILOSOPHY By Dr Rudolf Metz
Translated by Prof J. W. Harvey, Prof T. E. Jessop, Henry Sturt 2nd
Impression
IDEAS: A General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology By Edmund
Husserl Translated by W. R. Boyce Gibson
IDENTITY AND REALITY By Emile Meyerson Translated by Kate
Loewenberg
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY By Radhakrishnan Two Vols Rev 2nd Edition
THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD: METAPHYSICS AND VALUE By
Prof W. M. Urban
INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL PHILOSOPHY By Bertrand
Russell 2nd Edition 8th Impression
KANT’S METAPHYSIC OF EXPERIENCE By Prof H. J. Paton
KNOW THYSELF By Bernardino Varisco Translated by Dr Guglielmo
Salvadori
LANGUAGE AND REALITY By Wilbur Marshall Urban
MATTER AND MEMORY By Henri Bergson Translated by N. M. Paul
and W. S. Palmer 6th Impression
MODERN PHILOSOPHY By Guido de Ruggiero Translated by A. Howard
Hannay and R. G. Collingwood
MORAL SENSE By James Bonar
NATURAL RIGHTS By D. G. Ritchie 3rd Edition
NATURE, MIND AND MODERN SCIENCE By E. Harris
THE NATURE OF THOUGHT By Brand Blanshard, B.Sc., Ph.D. 2nd
Impression
THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF MIND By G. W. F. Hegel Translated by
Sir James Baillie Revised 2nd Edition 3rd Impression
PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY By J. Bonar 4th Impression
THE PLATONIC TRADITION IN ANGLO-SAXON PHILOSOPHY By
Prof J. H. Muirhead
THE PRINCIPAL UPANISADS By Radhakrishnan
SOME MAIN PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY By G. E. Moore
A THEORY OF DIRECT REALISM;
and the Relation of Realism to
By J. E. Turner
Idealism
THE WAYS OF KNOWING: By Prof
or, The Methods of Philosophy
W. P. Montague 4th Impression
TIME AND FREE WILL By Prof Henri Bergson Translated by F. G.
Pogson 6th Impression
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