Indian Philosophy v1.c1: Front matter

Indian Philosophy v1.c1

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“The work gives a clear and rational account of the highest conceptions of Hinduism. The happy blend of Eastern conceptions with Western terminology makes the book intelligent even to the inexpert, and it need hardly be added, instructive. Professor Radhakrishnan has shown that in their perception of the goal, in the acuteness of their reasoning, and in the boldness of their conceptions, the Indian thinkers are second to none.”—*Times Literary Supplement.*

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“Comprehensive and authoritative. No such adequate account of Hindu thought has appeared in English. The spirit, motive, and method of this great book are admirable.”—*Church Times.*

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Second Edition Seventh Impression

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INDIAN PHILOSOPHY

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MUIRHEAD LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY

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An admirable statement of the aims of the Library of Philosophy was provided by the first editor, the late Professor H. J. Muirhead, in his description of the original programme printed in Erdman’s *History of Philosophy* under the date 1890. This was slightly modified in subsequent volumes to take the form of the following statement:

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“The Muirhead Library of Philosophy was designed as a contribution to the History of Modern Philosophy under the heads: first of different Schools of Thought—Sensationalist, Realist, Idealist, Intuitivist; secondly of different Subjects—Psychology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Theology. While much had been done in England in tracing the course of evolution in nature, history, economics, morals and religion, little had been done in tracing the development of thought on these subjects. Yet ‘the evolution of opinion is part of the whole evolution.’

“By the co-operation of different writers in carrying out this plan it was hoped that a thoroughness and completeness of treatment, otherwise unattainable, might be secured. It was believed also that from writers mainly British and American fuller consideration of English Philosophy than it had hitherto received might be looked for. In the earlier series of books containing, among others, Bosanquet’s *History of Aesthetics*, Pfleiderer’s *Rational Theology since Kant*, Albee’s *History of English Utilitarianism*, Bonar’s *Philosophy and Political Economy*, Brett’s *History of Psychology*, Ritche’s *Natural Rights*, these objects were to a large extent effected.

“In the meantime original work of a high order was being produced both in England and America by such writers as Bradley, Stout, Bertrand Russell, Baldwin, Urban, Montague and others, and a new interest in foreign works, German, French and Italian, which had either become classical or were attracting public attention, had developed. The scope of the Library thus became extended into something more international, and it is entering on the fifth decade of its existence in the hope that it may contribute to that mutual understanding between countries which is so pressing a need of the present time.”

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The need which Professor Muirhead stressed is no less pressing today, and few will deny that philosophy has much to do with enabling us to meet it, although no one, least of all Muirhead himself, would regard that as the sole, or even the main, object of philosophy. As Professor Muirhead continues to lend the distinction of his name to the Library of Philosophy, it seemed not inappropriate to allow him to recall us to these aims in his own words. The emphasis on the history of thought seemed to me also very timely; and the number of important works promised for the Library in the near future augur well for the continued fulfilment, in this and in other ways, of the expectations of the original editor.

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H. D. LEWIS

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LEWIS

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MUIRHEAD LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY

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General Editor, Professor H. D. Lewis Professor of Philosophy, University College, Bangor

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THE ANALYSIS OF MIND By Bertrand Russell 6th Impression ANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY By Prof G. F. Stout Two Vols 5th Impression ATTENTION By Prof W. B. Pillsbury 2nd Impression COLERIDGE AS PHILOSOPHER By Prof J. H. Muirhead CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY Edited by Prof George P. Adams and Prof Wm Pepperell Montague Two Vols CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PHILOSOPHY Edited by Prof J. H. Muirhead Two Vols in One 3rd Impression CONTEMPORARY INDIAN PHILOSOPHY Edited by Radhakrishnan and Prof J. H. Muirhead DIALOGUES ON METAPHYSICS By Nicholas Malebranche Translated by Morris Ginsberg ELEMENTS OF CONSTRUCTIVE PHILOSOPHY By Prof J. S. Mackenzie 2nd Impression ETHICS By Nicolai Hartmann Translated by Stanton Coit Three Vols GOD AND PERSONALITY By Prof Clement C. J. Webb 3rd Impression THE GOOD WILL: A STUDY IN THE COHERENCE THEORY OF GOODNESS By Prof H. J. Paton THE GREAT PROBLEMS By Bernardino Varisco Translated by Prof R. C. Lodge HEGEL’S SCIENCE OF LOGIC Translated by W. H. Johnston and L. G. Struthers Two Vols 2nd Impression HISTORY OF ÆSTHETIC By Dr B. Bosanquet 4th Edition 5th Impression HISTORY OF ENGLISH UTILITARIANISM By Prof E. Albee HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY By J. E. Erdmann Vol. I ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL 5th Impression Vol. II MODERN 6th Impression Vol. III SINCE HEGEL 7th Impression HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY By Prof G. S. Brett Edited by R. S. Peters Abridged one volume edition HUMAN KNOWLEDGE By Bertrand Russell A HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH PHILOSOPHY By Dr Rudolf Metz Translated by Prof J. W. Harvey, Prof T. E. Jessop, Henry Sturt 2nd Impression IDEAS: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO PURE PHENOMENOLOGY By Edmund Husserl Translated by W. R. Boyce Gibson IDENTITY AND REALITY By Emile Meyerson Translated by Kate Loewenberg INDIAN PHILOSOPHY By Radhakrishnan Two Vols Rev 2nd Edition THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD: METAPHYSICS AND VALUE By Prof W. M. Urban INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL PHILOSOPHY By Bertrand Russell 2nd Edition 8th Impression KANT’S METAPHYSIC OF EXPERIENCE By Prof H. J. Paton KNOW THYSELF By Bernardino Varisco Translated by Dr Guglielmo Salvadori LANGUAGE AND REALITY By Wilbur Marshall Urban MATTER AND MEMORY By Henri Bergson Translated by N. M. Paul and W. S. Palmer 6th Impression MODERN PHILOSOPHY By Guido de Ruggiero Translated by A. Howard Hannay and R. G. Collingwood MORAL SENSE By James Bonar NATURAL RIGHTS By D. G. Ritchie 3rd Edition NATURE, MIND AND MODERN SCIENCE By E. Harris THE NATURE OF THOUGHT By Brand Blanshard, B.Sc., Ph.D. 2nd Impression THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF MIND By G. W. F. Hegel Translated by Sir James Baillie Revised 2nd Edition 3rd Impression PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY By J. Bonar 4th Impression THE PLATONIC TRADITION IN ANGLO-SAXON PHILOSOPHY By Prof J. H. Muirhead THE PRINCIPAL UPANISADS By Radhakrishnan SOME MAIN PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY By G. E. Moore A THEORY OF DIRECT REALISM; AND THE RELATION OF REALISM TO IDEALISM By J. E. Turner THE WAYS OF KNOWING: OR, THE METHODS OF PHILOSOPHY By Prof W. P. Montague 4th Impression TIME AND FREE WILL By Prof Henri Bergson Translated by F. G. Pogson 6th Impression by Radhakrishnan