Author: Richard Garbe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-12-22
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780484471268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Philosophy of Ancient India Distinctive leaning to metaphysical specu lation is noticeable among the Indians from the earliest times. Old hymns of the Rigveda, which in other respects are still deeply rooted in the soil of polytheism, show already the inclination to compre hend multifarious phenomena as a unity, and may therefore be regarded as the'first steps in the path which led the old Indian people to pantheism. Mo notheistic ideas also occur in the later Vedic hymns, but are not developed with sufficient logic to displace the multiform world of gods from the consciousness of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Philosophy of Ancient India (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Garbe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Philosophy of Ancient India Distinctive leaning to metaphysical specu lation is noticeable among the Indians from the earliest times. Old hymns of the Rigveda, which in other respects are still deeply rooted in the soil of polytheism, show already the inclination to compre hend multifarious phenomena as a unity, and may therefore be regarded as the'first steps in the path which led the old Indian people to pantheism. Mo notheistic ideas also occur in the later Vedic hymns, but are not developed with sufficient logic to displace the multiform world of gods from the consciousness of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.