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About The Book -: The Hindu scriptures the Upanishads are, according to German scholar PAUL DEUSSEN (1845-1919), the culminating point of the Indian doctrine of the universe, an achievement that had been reached even before the arrival of the Buddha. In this work-originally published in German in 1906 and translated into English two years later-Deussen explores the place of the Upanishads in the literature of the Veda and explains the theology, cosmology, and psychology of that holy book. A landmark for East-West cross-cultural scholarship, The Philosophy of the Upanishads helped create the European understanding of the mind and heart of India, a philosophical and cultural endeavor that consumed both academics and armchair truth-seekers of the day. Today, it is still essential reading for anyone wishing to obtain a deeper knowledge of Indian spiritual wisdom.The Upanishads are treatises on Brahman-knowledge, that is knowledge of Ultimate Hidden Reality, and their presentation of philosophy presumes, "it is by a strictly personal effort that one can reach the truth". Similarly, the Karma doctrine is presented in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, which is the oldest Upanishad. About The Author -: Paul Jakob Deussen (1845 – 1919) was a German Indologist and professor of Philosophy at University of Kiel. Strongly influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer, Deussen was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swami Vivekananda. He, who Sanskritised his name to "Deva-Sena" as a mark of his admiration for Hinduism, is one of the distinguished roll of Europeans who often with lyrical admiration participated in the scholarly Western discovery of Sanskrit and Hinduism that took place in British India itself, Germany, France and England. Translated by A. S. Geden -: Alfred Shenington Geden (1857-1936) also known as Alfred Geden was born in 1857. His father name was John Dury Geden. He was an English missionary and linguist and ran Royapettah College, now in Chennai. He has few important books to his credit such as Philosophy of Upanishads, Outlines of Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, The Massoretic and Other Notes Contained in the Edition of the Hebrew Scriptures Published by the British and Foreign Bible Society and Studies in Comparative Religion - Scholar's Choice Edition. The Title 'The Philosophy of the Upanishads written/authored/edited by Paul Deussen; Translated by A. S. Geden', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121229876 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 464 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Religion. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-