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They frequently contradict each other; the same writer sometimes contradicts himself. THEY FREQUENTLY CONTRADICT EACH OTHER THE SAME WRITER SOMETIMES CONTRADICTS HIMSELF
recourse to speculative thought. Again, asceticism has a deep root in human nature; earnest souls, conscious of their own weakness, will fly from the temptations of the world. Various causes thus led numbers of men to seek a life of seclusion; they dwelt chiefly in forests, and there they revolved the everlasting problems of existence, creation, the soul, and God. The lively Greeks, for whom, with all their high intellectual endowments, a happy sensuous existence was nearly all in all, were amazed at the numbers in northern India who appeared weary of the world and indifferent to life itself. By and for these recluses were gradually composed the Aranyakas, or forest treatises; and out of these grew a series of more regular works, called Upanishads.[13] At least two hundred and fifty of these are known to exist. They have been called "guesses at truth;" they are more so than formal solutions of great questions. Many of them are unintelligible rhapsodies; others rise almost to sublimity.  AVOID STAGNATION ONLY BY HAVING RECOURSE TO SPECULATE YOU THOUGHT AGAIN ASCETICISM HAS A DEEP ROOT IN HUMAN NATURE EARNEST SOULS CONSCIOUS OF THEIR OWN WEAKNESS WILL FLY FROM THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE WORLD VARIOUS CAUSES THUS LED NUMBERS OF MEN TO SEEK A LIFE OF SECLUSION THEY DWELT CHIEFLY IN FORESTS AND THERE THEY REVOLVED THE EVERLASTING PROBLEMS OF EXISTENCE CREATION THE SOUL AND GOD THE LIVELY GREEKS FOR WHOM WITH ALL THEIR HIGH INTELLECTUAL ENDOWMENTS A HAPPY SENSUOUS EXISTENCE WAS NEARLY ALL IN ALL WERE AMAZED AT THE NUMBERS IN NORTHERN INDIA WHO APPEARED WEARY OF THE WORLD AND INDIFFERENT TO LIFE ITSELF BY AND FOR THESE RECLUSES WERE GRADUALLY COMPOSED TARRANNIKAS OR FOREST TREATISES AND OUT OF THIS GROUP A SERIES OF MORE REGULAR WORKS CALLED OPEN SHIRTS AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF THESE ARE KNOWN TO EXIST THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED AS A SET TRUTH THEY ARE MORE SO THAN FORMAL SOLUTIONS OF GREAT QUESTIONS MANY OF THEM ARE UNINTELLIGIBLE RHAPSODIES OTHERS RISE ALMOST TO SUBLIMITY
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