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The Hindu sages were men of acute and patient thought; but their attempt to solve the problem of the divine and human natures, of human destiny and duty, has ended in total failure. THE HINDOO SAGES WERE MEN OF ACUTE AND PATIENT THOUGHT BUT THEY ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE DIVINE AND HUMAN NATURES OF HUMAN DESTINY AND DUTY HAS ENDED IN TOTAL FAILURE
oping after God, and saddened because of the difficulty of finding him. Were it so, all our sympathies would at once be called forth. But no; we see in these writings far more of intellectual pride than of spiritual sadness. Those ancient dreamers never learned their own ignorance. They scarcely recognized the limitations of the human mind. And when reason could take them no farther they supplemented it by dreams and ecstasy until, in the Yoga philosophy, they rushed into systematized mysticisms and magic far more extravagant than the wildest _theurgy_ of the degraded Neoplatonism of the Roman Empire. A learned writer thus expresses himself: "The only one of the six schools that seem to recognize the doctrine of divine providence is the Yoga. It thus seems that the consistent followers of these systems can have, in their perfected state, no religion, no action, and no moral character."[21] [Sidenote: Indian philosophy a sad failure.] And now to take a brief review of the whole subject. OULD DISCERN IN THESE DARING SPECULATIONS INDICATIONS OF SOULS GROPING OF THE GOD AND SADDENED BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING HIM WERE IT SO ALL OUR SYMPATHIES WOULD AT ONCE BE CALLED FORTH BUT NO WE SEE IN THESE WRITINGS FAR MORE OF INTELLECTUAL PRIDE THAN OF SPIRITUAL SADNESS THOSE ANCIENT DREAMERS NEVER LEARNED THEIR OWN IGNORANCE THEY SCARCELY RECOGNIZED THE LIMITATIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND AND WHEN REASON COULD TAKE THEM NO FARTHER THEY SUPPLEMENTED IT BY DREAMS AND ECSTASY UNTIL IN THE YOKE OF PHILOSOPHY THEY RUSHED INTO SYSTEMATIZED MYSTICISMS AND MAGIC WERE MORE EXTRAVAGANT THAN THE WILDEST THEOLOGY OF THE DEGRADED NEO PLATONISM OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE A LEARNED WRITER THUS EXPRESSES HIMSELF THE ONLY ONE OF THE SIX SCHOOLS THAT SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THE DOCTRINE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE YOKA IT THUS SEEMS THAT THE CONSISTENT FOLLOWERS OF THESE SYSTEMS CAN HAVE IN THEIR PERFECTED STATE NO RELIGION NO ACTION AND NO MORAL CHARACTER AND NOW TO TAKE A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE WHOLE SUBJECT
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