Abstract
WE have undoubtedly a vast store of wisdom in the systems of Indian philosophy, and many Western philosophers in the modern period, from Schopenhauer to the Rhys Davids, have drawn inspiration from it. It differs, however, in one very essential particular from Western philosophy, both ancient Greek and modern. It aims at setting our questioning activity at rest by offering us satisfying answers to our problems; it does not stir up in us the restless Socratic spirit of inquiry. The emphasis is on what has been thought out and solved by seer and sage. The study of Indian philosophy, therefore, resembles the study of authoritative religious systems and is unlike the methodology in which our philosophy so largely consists. Prof. Radhakrishnan presents his subject in the form of an encyclopaedia of systems. It is a continuous history and also specially useful as a book of reference.
Indian Philosophy.
Prof.
S.
Radhakrishnan
By. (Library of Philosophy.) Vol. 1. Pp.684. (London: G. Allen and Unwin, Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1923.) 21s. net.
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Indian Philosophy. Nature 114, 714 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114714c0
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