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[20] It is eclectic, and succeeds, in a sort of way, in forcing the leading systems of Indian thought into seeming harmony. IT IS ECLECTIC AND SUCCEEDS IN A SORT OF WAY IN FORCING THE LEADING SYSTEMS OF INDIAN THOUGHT INTO SEEMING HARMONY
transcendentalism. One regrets that speculation did not take one step more, and declare that the illusion was itself illusory. Then we should have gone round the circle, and returned to _sensus communis_. We must be pardoned if we seem to speak disrespectfully of such fantastic speculations; we desire rather to speak regretfully of the many generations of men which successively occupied themselves with such unprofitable dreams; for this kind of thought is traceable even from Vedic days. It is more fully developed in the Upanishads. In them occurs the classical sentence so frequently quoted in later literature, which declares that the absolute being is the "one [thing] without a second."[19] [Sidenote: The Gita.] The book which perhaps above all others has molded the mind of India in more recent days is the Bhagavad Gita, or Song of the Holy One. It is written in stately and harmonious verse, and has achieved the same task for Indian philosophy as Lucretius did for ancient Epicureanism. PLACE WITH ITSELF THIS IS SURELY TRANSCENDENT TRANSCENDENTALISM ONE REGRETS THAT SPECULATION DID NOT TAKE ONE STEP MORE AND DECLARED THAT THE ILLUSION WAS ITSELF ILLUSORY THEN WE SHOULD HAVE GONE ROUND THE CIRCLE AND RETURNED THE SENSES COMMUNIS WE MUST BE PARDONED IF WE SEEM TO SPEAK DISRESPECTFULLY OF SUCH FANTASTIC SPECULATIONS WE DESIRE RATHER TO SPEAK REGRETFULLY OF THE MANY GENERATIONS OF MEN WHICH SUCCESSIVELY OCCUPIED THEMSELVES WITH SUCH UNPROFITABLE DREAMS BUT THIS KIND OF THOUGHT IS TRACEABLE EVEN FROM BATHING DAYS IT IS MORE FULLY DEVELOPED IN THE OPEN SHIRTS IN THEM ACCUSS THE CLASSICAL SENTENCE SO FREQUENTLY QUOTED IN LATER LITERATURE WHICH DECLARES THAT THE ABSOLUTE BEING IS THE ONE THING WITHOUT A SECOND THE BOOK WHICH PERHAPS ABOVE ALL OTHERS HAVE MOLDED THE MIND OF INDIA IN MORE RECENT DAYS IS THE BUGHUTA OR SONG OF THE HOLY ONE IT IS WRITTEN IN STATELY AND HARMONIOUS WORDS AND HAS ACHIEVED THE SAME TASK FOR INDIAN PHILOSOPHY AS LUCRECIOUS DID FOR ANCIENT EPICUREANISM
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