A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s9.91

v1.c8.s9.91

On the other hand it proved fatal for the development of Indian philosophy that the Upaniṣads should have been pronounced to be "revelations," and sacred texts; for in the Upaniṣads we still find vigorous, independent, creative philosophical thought, which grew rarer and rarer in the later development of Indian philosophy for the very reason that progress was not only hindered at every step by the fetters of the dogmatism of the schools—which is the case in other lands as well as in India—but still more by the orthodox belief that every word of an Upaniṣad must be regarded as divine truth.