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It is my hope that this brief survey will, in small measure, place Petyr Ouspensky 's ideas in some sort of historical context within modern philosophic thought. Also, it is my express intention to, as much as possible, convey Ouspensky's ideas separately from whatever attribution the writings offer toward the popularization of the legacy of G. I. Gurdjieff. Indeed, at least from a philosophical and productive literary standpoint there are grounds for thinking that Ouspensky's native thought likely would have flourished in important ways had his meeting with G. never occurred.