CONTENTS
PAGEIntroduction1CHAPTER IHypotheses14CHAPTER IIOur Aryan Ancestors41CHAPTER IIIThe Philosophy of Language51CHAPTER IVAnimals57CHAPTER VPrimitive Humanity63The 121 Original Concepts89CHAPTER VIAncient Language93CHAPTER VIIMyths99CHAPTER VIIIBetween Sleeping and Waking118CHAPTER IXA Decisive Step140Kant’s Teaching149Sensation149Space and Time152Phenomena152The Categories of the Understanding153Cause and Effect154Axioms154Metaphysics156CHAPTER XThe Vedic Hymns173CHAPTER XIMan’s Conceptions of Religion214The Sacred Writings of the Hebrews228The Various Names of God231The Genius of Languages234Metaphor235The Later Name for God amongst the Hebrews236On the Prophets (Nābhī)238The Views of Spinoza242Obedience246The Law249The Law in the Gospel251Biographical Note252The Ideas of Plato255Episodial257An Excursion into a Country little known258Anthropomorphism261The Sacred Codes and the Codes of Laws262CHAPTER XIIOf Words276CHAPTER XIIIObservations and Reflections286Physics287Comparative Sciences288Concerning some Authors291Religion and Religions293Opposition298Abstraction, Inattention298Speech300Résumé303