A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s9.86

v1.c8.s9.86

Thus the doctrine of the Upaniṣads is at bottom not pessimistic. Certainly it is only a small step from the belief in the non-reality of the world to contempt of the world. The more extravagantly the joy of the Brahman was praised, the vainer, the more worthless did earthly existence appear.[^4) Therefore, after all, the pessimism of later Indian philosophy has its roots in the Upaniṣads.