CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction[1]
CHAPTER I
Hypotheses[14]
CHAPTER II
Our Aryan Ancestors[41]
CHAPTER III
The Philosophy of Language[51]
CHAPTER IV
Animals[57]
CHAPTER V
Primitive Humanity[63]
The 121 Original Concepts[89]
CHAPTER VI
Ancient Language[93]
CHAPTER VII
Myths[99]
CHAPTER VIII
Between Sleeping and Waking[118]
CHAPTER IX
A Decisive Step[140]
Kant’s Teaching[149]
Sensation[149]
Space and Time[152]
Phenomena[152]
The Categories of the Understanding[153]
Cause and Effect[154]
Axioms[154]
Metaphysics[156]
CHAPTER X
The Vedic Hymns[173]
CHAPTER XI
Man’s Conceptions of Religion[214]
The Sacred Writings of the Hebrews[228]
The Various Names of God[231]
The Genius of Languages[234]
Metaphor[235]
The Later Name for God amongst the Hebrews[236]
On the Prophets (Nābhī)[238]
The Views of Spinoza[242]
Obedience[246]
The Law[249]
The Law in the Gospel[251]
Biographical Note[252]
The Ideas of Plato[255]
Episodial[257]
An Excursion into a Country little known[258]
Anthropomorphism[261]
The Sacred Codes and the Codes of Laws[262]
CHAPTER XII
Of Words[276]
CHAPTER XIII
Observations and Reflections[286]
Physics[287]
Comparative Sciences[288]
Concerning some Authors[291]
Religion and Religions[293]
Opposition[298]
Abstraction, Inattention[298]
Speech[300]
Résumé[303]

THE ORIGIN OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH