Introduction

The history of philosophy in india, by genardan ganary and me, peter adamson. In these lines of the briad aranaka, or great forest upanishad, we are invited to philosophize. We are promised that an examination of the self, or atman, will lead ultimately to an understanding of all things. Neither here, nor anywhere else in the upanishads do we find the word philosophy. The word philosopher is ancient greek accordingly.