Studies in Early Indian Thought

This 1918 volume illustrates the considerable influence exercised by the early literature of India on later Indian philosophy and culture. It examines themes of divinity and religion together with morality and human nature, and is a fitting introduction to the importance and far-reaching effects of early Indian thought.

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First published in 1918, this volume was partly based on lectures delivered by Dorothea Jane Stephen at and near Bangalore and was intended to illustrate the considerable influence exercised by the early literature of India on later Indian philosophy and culture. Examining themes of divinity and religion together with morality and human nature, the essays in this book combine to offer a fitting introduction to the importance and far-reaching effects of early Indian thought.