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HINDU PHILOSOPHY.
The SĀnkhya KĀrika Of Is'wara Krishna.
An Exposition of the System of Kapila, with an Appendix on the Nyāya and Vais'eshika Systems.
By John Davies, M.A. (Cantab.), M.R.A.S.
The system of Kapila contains nearly all that India has produced in the department of pure philosophy.
"The non-Orientalist ... finds in Mr. Davies a patient and learned guide who leads him into the intricacies of the philosophy of India, and supplies him with a clue, that he may not be lost in them. In the preface he states that the system of Kapila is the 'earliest attempt on record to give an answer, from reason alone, to the mysterious questions which arise in every thoughtful mind about the origin of the world, the nature and relations of man and his future destiny,' and in his learned and able notes he exhibits 'the connection of the Sānkhya system with the philosophy of Spinoza,' and 'the connection of the system of Kapila with that of Schopenhauer and Von Hartmann.'"—Foreign Church Chronicle.
"Mr. Davies's volume on Hindu Philosophy is an undoubted gain to all students of the development of thought. The system of Kapila, which is here given in a translation from the Sānkhya Kārikā, is the only contribution of India to pure philosophy.... Presents many points of deep interest to the student of comparative philosophy, and without Mr. Davies's lucid interpretation it would be difficult to appreciate these points in any adequate manner."—Saturday Review.
"We welcome Mr. Davies's book as a valuable addition to our philosophical library."—Notes and Queries.