xxxi, 599 pages ; 24 cm

Ideas of the Upanisads -- The Mimamsa and the sovereignty of ethical law -- The Carvaka and its anti-vedic materialism -- Jainism and the ethics of self-conquest -- Buddhism and the ideal of enlightenment -- The Nyaya and the architechtonic of logic -- The Vaisesika and the doctrine of particulars -- The Sankhya and the ideal of self-discrimination -- The yoga nd self-realization through psycho-physical practice -- Introduction to the Vedantic schools -- The Vedanta of Sankara: non-dualism -- The Vedanta of Ramanuja: non-dualism of the qualified Brahman -- The Vedanta of Madhva: dualism of God and the world -- Other Vedantins, Kasmir Saivism and Saktism -- The philosophy of the Bhagavadgita -- Contemporary Indian philosophy

Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-586) and index

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