The Vedanta-Sutras (Part III): With the Commentary by Ramanuga

First, the man distinguished between eternal and perishable. Later he discovered within himself the germ of the Eternal. This discovery was an epoch in the history of the human mind and the East was the first to discover it. To watch in the Sacred Books of the East the dawn of this religious consciousness of man, must always remain one or the most inspiring and hallowing sights in the whole history of the world.