EDITOR’S PREFACE
These Studies in Philosophy’ represent all the published and only a few of the unpublished philosophical writings of Krishna- Chandra Bhattacharyya. There remains over an immense mass of manuscripts which will, perhaps, remain unpublished for all time to come.
The present volumes comprise the following tracts:—
Vol. I
Vol. II
Each of the above tracts is preceded by an Analysis. The first one was made by the author himself and the others have been done by the editor. Of the foot notes, those marked in numerals are by the editor.
In presenting these studies the editor is happy to offer his most grateful thanks to the enterprising publisher, Sree Sushil Kumar Basu, the proprietor of Messrs. Progressive Publishers. It was he who very generously volunteered to undertake the publication of the book and see it through the press.
My warm thanks are also due to Professor G. R. Malkani, the Director of the Indian Institute of Philosophy, Amalner (Bombay) for his ready permission to reprint ‘The Subject as Freedom’ which was originally published by the Institute; to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Messrs. George Allen & Union Ltd. for their kind permission to reprint from their ‘Contemporary Indian Philosophy’ the essay ‘The Concept of Philosophy’; and to the R. K. Mission for their permission to reprint ‘The Advaita and its spiritual significance’ which first appeared in their ‘Cultural heritage of India’. The editor is also obliged to a pupil of his and to his daughter for their assistance in preparing the copy for the press.
It is very much regretted that a number of typographical errors have crept in spite of earnest endeavours to avoid them. In the ‘Errata’ at the end of the volume, only the major errors have been listed and corrected.
The Editor
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. I
Editor’s preface
ABBREVIATIONS
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO VOL. I
I. STUDIES IN VEDÃNTISM
INTRODUCTION
ANALYSIS
Text: CH. I. AN APPROACH THROUGH PSYCHOLOGY
ANALYSIS
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THE ADVAITA SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS SPIRITUAL
ANALYSIS
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PREFACE
ANALYSIS
TEXT: CH. I. PAIN AS EVIL
ANALYSIS
TEXT: CH. I. SÃNKHYA AND YOGA
ANALYSIS
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ANALYSIS
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