History of Indian Philosophy (In 2 Volumes)

This two-volume work is a pioneering effort by a stalwart of Indian Philosophy in German language. Since this provides new insights, largely uncovered by other authors of Indian Philosophy, there was a great demand and need for publishing this English translation. In the composition of this work the three-fold aims is –I. To present Indian Philosophy from the beginnings to the present times in which every phenomenon of importance finds its corresponding place. II. To present the reader a real history of Indian Philosophy, not a crude assemblage of half-worked materials but as far as possible a description of the origin of single doctrines and systems and their development which should be beyond the accidentality of traditions. III. To attempt to give the work a readable form. The first Volume is devoted to the oldest period of Indian Philosophy from the beginnings to the end of the first millennium after Christ. It embraces the earliest period and the samkhya and the classical Yoga systems and therefore goes beyond the detailed volume of Deussen’s presentation. The second Volume presents the presentation –Philosophical systems, above all the Vaisesika, the Buddhist system and the period of the second blossoming, which in the sphere of the second blossoming, which in the sphere of Epistemology and Logic, performed the most important achievements. It also presents the philosophy of the later time up to the present times.