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tho cradle Of Civilization and Philosophy
His,or; goes back TO the East, and there stops h
from the Romans, the Romans from 'he ,.'c' 80 III
Cooks received their language arts, rcis'oh uNu Oh
tho nr;mitivc elements of their Interior oc'cioP''
tho Fast As in reasoning it always necessary 10 t'
principles so History investigation must 't Ia mr.
primitive races and with state oi things "no uLe az
snrpp from something previous to IT, and winch can "
planned only BY human nature, the Avs Vi h C,;;i;
nent and the designs of Providence lhereiore' " I'm
zaon and Philosophy the East is our point Oh d'a''
But that name the East very complies ana iefeio'e
x,,o Thr ore MANY countries in the East and the ques
lion is have all those countries had philosophers,
I do not hesitate to answer this question ncsaVeS' i
ofo,,d ,boueh, in the ancient worship OF Egypt I'M
der the mysterious symbols which still cover the Interior Vi
its temples. and under tho hcroglyPcs but inc veg ei
hieroglyphcs, tells plainly, that IN Egypt ihouS" ~
retained in its Religious envelope and did reach the FORM
of pbioonhv The same is true of Persia The Zend-
Arcsa is full of important truths; it contains suo, inc
o,ogy but does furnish philosophy On Inc
in China and India Philosophy appears IN It's true or ad
character But in China excepting the och"oi VI Oou
Gins which is relatively recent and almost wholly moral
and POLITICAL the several Schools OF Philosophy are buried
in manuscripts ntcrdictcd to the proanc: nope '"cy WI"
vet be urburcd We indebted to several SchoarS ana
n NJ Abel Remusat in particular, for ingenious views on
some points of the Chinese philosophy ana even Oh 'c
whole of one important system that OF Lao seu iheSe
communications arc precious the friends OF Philosophy
but we make great OF them Tor want oi positive
documents to confirm and support them
A few wears ago, more advanced IN the pm
loo,rb of ndo Scholars reasoned and disputed about IT,
without understanding themselves, and without Fronting the
public. Il felt that Scholars, instead of dsPuung
shoud do for India what done for Greece IN the SIN
eenth century, and give TRANSACTIONS from the Indian ph'
nbers These secret wishes of the friends ot Philosophy
have a, length been fulfilled by NJ. Cocbrook the iilurous
President Of the Asiac Society of London by clear and
chodica extracts he has in manner, put us face to lace
with the Indian systems and permitted us to appreciate ana
Judge them for ourselves | them that. Tor me, VINO
cannot reach originals the Oriental Philosophy Is re-
of ind :
nicatons NJ Coebrook inserted IN the transactions OF
thu London Asatc Society from 1924 10 1877 such the
authority on which, shall constantly rely lntS investigation
Whoever attempts to study India, its Philosophy Eci-
gion its Laws and Literature embarrassed with the a1-
of all chronology. In India the different pioSoPh-
chi systems have no certain, relative date They
all quoted and recognized by each other and II might be
said that thew all born together on the same day he
probable reason of this singular phenomenon Is that the di-
crent Schools of India have necessarily otouched the mon
umens on which they are fcunded and all having done
this TO maintain themselves and win popularity the different
systems appear Simultaneous and there great difficulty IN
determining which has preceded which followed In tins,
every thing else seems that India has wished 10 es-
cane Time and the laws succession and It's works
the appearance eternal unity In seeking the order OF
development of its different systems OF Philosophy we are
reduced to the alalogcs drawn from comparison with other
great epochs in the history of Philosophy and to nducon
suggested knowledge of the nvariabe laws OF the
human mud These kinds of proof Will certainly be
admitted hv this historical critic, Tor, To analogy Is Ger
the same manner in the East Greece and in the mod
world Nevertheless beside tina, the number OF eNcr
imcuts limited profound unity should appear IN III
different movements OF humanity il Is ut the same time
allow much for the diversity OF cicSiances-
Therefore s Kind of proof should be employed with
severe crcym.pection On the other hand the human mind
AS have said SO often the OF the History of Phoso
phv and as the human mind has its laws can develop
and NANTES, itself only according 10 those laws winch thus
become Inc laws OF History. But the most ScrupuouS
philosopher NAV deceive himself in the interpretation o
these laws every historical induction should be tired and
proved bv wccs,abhed facts and when these means OF
ycr6caton arr, wanting only approximate value must be
accorded 10 the most probable uducos and 10 the Chrome
logical classicatons which these inducuons lead US
therefore desire ,ha; other value may be accorded TO the
order in which shall prcscn, the different philosophical sy
TENS of India. Direct attention 10 each OF these Sy
TENS and 20 thai rich whole which they together composed
The Indian Philosophy is vast that all systems meet IN
il and for,. complete philosophical world and II can oe
snid literally that its history forms Arrangement Of the en-
,r, History of Philosophy Here then Is the natural
force and traulness the human mind, winch has made
its debut by things so great
Resioa. as have 50 often said the foundation Of all
civilization This above all OF civilization IN ITS
birth OF that of India in particular In lndia the sacred
books, the Vcdas, the basis OF all usor dcTc'Pm
that to saw of legislation the arts, and OF philosophy
According the tndoos, the Nedas were mol written by
man they from BraInn himself they contain oi'hc
revelation and therefore command absolute faith and
possess unlimited authority But if the minds OF the Hin
docs had slubercd tie Sedn India could have had
philosophy The human mind OF the Hndoos did
mann there and how did II issue forthl IL forth
,e ty little As the Vcas somewhat cnglnatica the
most entire faith was compelled reflection finding
out their meaning, Hence. with the aid Of lime, scool OF
Interpretation arose protesting unlimited submission the
Veas bu, at time Pretendns 10 explain them to
nc believers NOR, clearly and iniehgbly. This school
of Interpretation is the Muansa The Vea the sacred
books par yceHeacc the Aimansa Is collection OF devo-
,iona books The Mmansa school aims TO determine the
sense the Vcas and draw from them an exact Snoec
md ,,,JNs
form Of religious duties so much that single word
(DIay4rG) taken in the masculine, describes virtue or
mor, merit and the feminine describes devo'lon or
merit acquired by of piety The principal monument OF
the Mnansa School very obscure work called Soufrs
or Anhor;ss These aphoriss divided INFO sixty chap
each charter into sections, and each section contains