The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c6.s1.89

c6.s1.89

From the literary side the Upanishads captivate not because they are finished products—they are anything but that—but because they show great power and originality as a kind of rhapsodic philosophic prose poems. From the point of view of the history of human thought, what entitles them to enduring respect is that they show us the human mind engaged in the most plucky and earnest search after truth—and let me add that this search is carried on in the sweetest of spirit, without fear of offending established interests, and entirely free from the zealotism that goes with a new intellectual era.