The main features of Indian philosophy. – The natural conditions of India. – Dominance of intellectual interest. – The peculiarity of Indian philosophy. – The influence of the West. – The spiritual character of Indian thought. Its close connection with life and religion. – Emphasis on the subjective. – Psychological basis of metaphysics. – Indian achievements in the sciences. – Theoretical synthesis and scientific analysis. – Reflections of the East. – Monistic idealism. – Its varieties: non-dualism, monism in its pure form, modified monism and implied monism. – God is everything. – The intuitive nature of philosophy. – Darshana. – Sankara’s requirements for one preparing to study philosophy. – Constructive conservatism of Indian thought. – Unity and continuity of Indian thought. – Examination of certain charges levelled against Indian philosophy, such as pessimism, dogmatism, indifference to morality and conservatism. – Importance of studying Indian philosophy. – Justification of the title Indian Philosophy. – Historical method. – Difficulties in presenting in chronological order. – The various periods of Indian thought: the Vedic, the Epic, the Systematic and the Scholastic. ‘Indian’ works on the history of Indian philosophy.
Some of the author’s books include:
● The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore (1918), Macmillan, London, 276 pages
● Radhakrishnan, S. (October 1922). «The Hindu Dharma» . International Journal of Ethics . 33 (1). Chicago : University of Chicago Press : 1–22. doi : 10.1086/intejethi.33.1.2377174 . ISSN 1539-297X . JSTOR 2377174 . S2CID 144844920 .
● Indian Philosophy (1923) Vol. 1, 738 pages. (1927) Τομ. 2, 807 pages. Oxford : Oxford University Press (1st edition).
● The Hindu View of Life (1927), London: Allen & Unwin. 92 pages
● Indian Religious Thought (2016), Orient Paperbacks , ISBN 978-81-222042-4-7
● Religion, Science and Culture (2010), Orient Paperbacks , ISBN 978-81-222001-2-6
● An idealistic view of life (1929), 351 pages
● Kalki, or the Future of Civilization (1929), 96 pages
● Gautama the Buddha (London: Milford, 1938); 1st India ed., 1945 .
● Eastern Religions and Western Thought (1939), Oxford University Press, 396 pages
● Religion and Society (1947), George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 242 pages
● The Bhagavadgītā: with an introductory essay, Sanskrit text, English translation and notes (1948), 388 pages
● The Dhammapada (1950), 194 pages, Oxford University Press
● The Principal Upanishads (1953), 958 pages, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
● Recovery of Faith (1956), 205 pages
● A Source Book in Indian Philosophy (1957), 683 pages, Princeton University Press, with the co-editor Charles A. Moore .
● The Brahma Sutra: The Philosophy of Spiritual Life. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1959, 606 pages. [93]
● Religion, Science & Culture (1968), 121 pages