A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy c13.s6.6

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Of the more systematic works on Upanishadic Philosophy as a whole, we have to mention first A. E. Gough’s *Philosophy of the Upanishads*, London 1882, which is probably the earliest of the kind, and which is a brilliantly written work, though it has a somewhat unsympathetic tone. Gough’s view about the relation of Śaṅkara to the Upanishads is that his philosophy may be supposed to be a legitimate outcome of the teachings of the Upanishads—an opinion which has been challenged by critics who point out that Śaṅkara’s philosophy is not the legitimate outcome of the teachings of the Upanishads. Deussen’s *Philosophy of the Upanishads*, which has been translated by the Rev. A. S. Geden, 1906, is the next most systematic work on the Upanishads.