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The outline traces core themes such as revelation, chronology, major Upanisads, and the philosophical problems addressed through distinct interpretive approaches. It examines the philosophers and their social-temporal setting, develops key cosmogonical theories, and analyzes psychological reflections on mind, fear, death, sleep, consciousness, and transmigration. Later linkages to Buddhism, Saamkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta are presented alongside doctrines of ultimate reality, God, and Maya.","The Philosophy Of The Upanisads  \nK.R.Paramahamsa.  \n2  \nTable of Contents  \nPreface  \n1. The Background of Upanisadic Speculation The Significance of the Study of the Upanisads The Upanisads and the Rigveda  \nThe Upanisads and the Atharvaveda  \nThe Upanisads and the Brahmanas  \nMeaning of Revelation  \n2. Chronology of the Upanisads – Their Basic Content Meaning of the Word Upanisad  \nEarly and Later Upanisads  \nMain contents ofthe Upanisads  \nThe Brhadaaranyaka Upanisad  \nThe Chhaandogya Upanisad  \nThe Isa Upanisad  \nThe Kena Upanisad  \nThe Aitareya Upanisad  \nThe Taittiriya Upanisad  \nThe Kaushitaki Upanisad  \nThe Katha Upanisad  \nThe Mundaka Upanisad  \nThe Svetaasvatara Upanisad  \nThe Prasna Upanisad  \nThe Maitri Upanisad  \nThe Maandukya Upanisad  \nPage No  \n9  \n11  \n11  \n13  \n14  \n15  \n17  \n19  \n19  \n20  \n21  \nThe Problems of the Upanisadic Philosophy 35  \n3. The Methods of the Upanisadic Philosophy 36  \nThe Enigmatic Method 36  \nThe Aphoristic Method 37  \nThe Etymological Method 38  \nThe Mythical Method 39  \nThe Analogical Method 40  \nThe Dialectic Method 41  \nThe Synthetic Method 42  \nThe Mono-logic Method 43  \nThe Ad-hoc Method 44  \nThe Regressive Method 45  \nThe Poetry of the Upanisads 46  \n4. The Philosophers of the Upanisads and their Temporal Environment 48  \nThe Mystical Philosophers  \nThe Cosmological Philosophers  \nThe Psychological Philosophers  \nThe Metaphysical Philosophers  \nSaandilya  \nDadhyach  \nSanatkumaara  \nAaruni  \nYaajnavalkya  \nSocial Conditions of the Upanisadic Philosophers  \nCaste System  \nAsrama System  \nPosition of Women  \nThe Relation of the Brahmins and Kshatriyas  \n5. The Development of Upanisadic Cosmogony  \nImpersonalistic Theories of Cosmology  \nSearch after the Substratum  \nWater  \nAir  \nFire  \nSpace  \nNot-Being  \nNot-Being and the Egg of the Universe  \nBeing  \nPraana  \nThe Controversy between Praana and the Organs of Sense  \nPraana, a Bio-psycho-metaphysical Conception Personalistic Theories of Cosmogony  \nThe Idea of the Creator and the Creation of Mythological and Philosophical Dualities  \nThe Atman and the Creation of the Duality of Sex Creation by the Atman through the Intermediary Person Atman and the Theory of Emanation  \nThe Personal-Impersonal Theory of Creation in Mundaka Upanisad  \nThe Theistic Theory of Creation in Svetasvatara Upanisad The Theory of Independent Parallalism as an Explanation  \nof the Anologies ofUpanisadic and Greek Philosophies  \n6. Varieties of Psychological Reflection  \nEmpirical Psychology  \nThe Relation of Mind to Alimentation  \nAttention Involves Suspension of Breath  \nAnalysis of Fear  \nThe Claim of Will for Primacy  \nThe Claim of Intellect for Primacy  \n48  \n50  \n51  \n53  \n58  \n61  \n61  \n70  \n77  \n77  \nClassification of Mental States  \nIntellectualistic Psychology and Idealistic Metaphysics Abnormal Psychology  \nThe Problem of Death in Chhandogya Upanisad  \nThe Problem of Death in Katha Upanisad  \nThe Problem of Sleep – The Fatigue and Puritan Theories The Problem of Sleep – The Praana and the Brahman Theories The Dream Problem  \nEarly Psychical Research  \nThe Power of Thought  \nRational Psychology  \nThe Seat of the Soul  \nThe Heart and the Brain as Seats  \nThe Relation of the Body and the Soul  \nThe History of the Spatial Extension of the Soul  \nThe Soul Infinitely Large and Infinitely Small  \nAnalysis of States of Consciousness  \nThe Microcosm and the Macrocosm  \nThe Sheaths ofthe Soul  \nLimitations on the Interpretation of Sheaths  \nSheaths-Substance  \nThe Idea of Transmigration-An Aryan Idea  \nTransmigration in Rigveda – The Tenth Mandala  \nTransmigration in Rigveda – The First Mandala  \nThe Ethno-psychological Development of the Idea of Transmigration Transmigration in Upanisads  \nThe Destiny of the Evil Soul  \nEschatology in Brihadaranyaka Upanisad  \nEschatology in Chhandogya Upanisad – The Two Paths  \nThe Moral Backbone of the Upanisadic Eschatology  \nVariation in the Conception of the Path of the Gods  \nThe Idea of Immortal Life  \n7. 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