The beginnings of philosophy in India

Pt. I. Historical Background

Ch. 1. First phase (1700-1000 BC)

A. Events and features of the times

B. Early Aryan religious vision

1. The Rg-veda

2. The Aryan and rta

3. The Aryan gods

4. The Aryan and the sacrificial ritual

5. The Aryan, time, and life's meaning

Ch. 2. Second phase, first period (1000-700 BC)

A. Middle-country and brahmanism

1. Political change

2. Economic change

3. Social change

4. Religious change

B. East and a different spirit

C. 8th century spiritual developments

1. The development of brahmanical reflection

2. Stirrings of the Hindu: the rise of Visnu and Rudra (Siva)

3. An ominous sign: death and Yama

4. Asceticism and meditation

D. The birth of philosophy: the immediate matrix, and the impetus

1. The human condition

2. The late-8th/early-7th century matrix of the birth of philosophy

3. Philosophy: the start

Ch. 3. Second phase, second period (700-300 BC)

A. Political developments

B. Economic developments

C. Social developments

D. Religious developments

E. Philosophical developments

Pt. II. The Beginnings of Philosophy

Ch. 4. The earliest Upanisads

A. Brhad-aranyaka-upanisad

1. III / 1-9 (Yajnavalkya interrogated)

2. II / 1 (Ajatasatru's reversal of roles)

3. IV / 3-4 (Yajnavalkya and the light for a person here)

4. IV / 5 (Yajnavalkya and his wives)

5. Concluding observations on the Brhad-aranyaka-upanisad

B. Chandogya Upanisad

1. VIII / 7-12 (Prajapati, Indra and Virocana)

2. VII / 1-24 (Narada and Sanatkumara)

3. VI / 1-16 (The education of Svetaketu)

4. Concluding observations on the Chandogya Upanisad

C. Aitareya Upanisad

D. Kausitaki Upanisad

Ch. 5. Transitional Upanisads

A. Taittiriya Upanisad

B. Kena Upanisad

C. Isa Upanisad

Ch. 6. Second phase of the Upanisads

A. Katha Upanisad

B. Svetasvatara Upanisad

C. Mundaka Upanisad

D. Prasna Upanisad

Conclusion: A Retrospect on the Beginnings of Philosophy in India

A. Religion

B. Death

C. Agency and reality

D. Growth and the practical

App. Upanisads in Translation.