Vedic Literature  | The Philosophy of the Upanisads

                            The Philosophy of the Upanisads

 
     Preface
1.  The Background of Upanisadic Speculation
2.  Chronology of the Upanisads - Their Basic Content
3.  The Methods of the Upanisadic Philosophy
4.  The Philosophers of the Upanisads and their
                 Temporal Environment
5.  The Development of Upanisadic Cosmogony
                   a). Impersonalistic Theories of Cosmology
                   b). Personalistic Theories of Cosmogony
6.  Varieties of Psychological Reflection
                   a). Empirical Psychology
                   b). Abnormal Psychology
                   c). Rational Psychology
7.  Roots of Later Philosophies
8.   The Ultimate Reality in the Upanisads
                   a). General
                   b). The Cosmological Approach
                   c). The Theological Approach
                   d). The Psychological Approach
                   e). The Significance of Self-consciousness
9.   The Ethics of the Upanisads
                   a). General
                   b). Theories of the Moral Standard
                   c). Theories of the Moral Ideal
                   d). Practical Ethics
10. Intimations of Self Realization
     Appendix - List of Upanisads