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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

Written by: Satischandra Chatterjee, Dhirendramohan Datta
Narrated by: Anindyo Chakrabarti
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The object of this book is to provide a simple introduction to the Indian systems of philosophy. Each one of these systems has had a vast and varied development. Attempt has been made to introduce the listener to the spirit and outlook of Indian philosophy and help him to grasp thoroughly the central ideas rather than acquaint him with minute details. Modern students of philosophy feel many difficulties in understanding the Indian problems and theories. Their long experience with university students has helped the authors to realise these, and they have tried to remove them as far as possible. This accounts for most of the critical discussions which could otherwise have been dispensed with.

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Nice apart from a little grammatical errors. Expecting more audible books on Philosophy. Hope to listen more

A good beginning

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Narrator wrongly pronounced many things. Overall its fine but wrong pronounciations of Sanskrit is majorly the error factor. However, I recommended this book for sure.

No biases, well written.

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The content is amazing but the constant mispronunciation of Sanskrit words is annoying if you know how they're pronounced. The reading overall is fine though.

A solid introduction to Indian Philosophy

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This is one of the best intros to Indian Philosophy out there. The book skips the nitty-gritty stuff, so the authors won’t leave you scratching your head. It's like a bird’s-eye view – you can’t see the expressions on the citizens' faces, just the tiny dots. But most importantly, it shows you the city map. Don't buy this if you want deep details. For that, you should grab Radhakrishnan's two-volume paperback "Indian Philosophy" by Oxford University Press, available on Amazon and in most bookstores. You might also want the five-volume "History of Indian Philosophy" by DasGupta. These two books dig into the finer points. Radhakrishna will make sure you feel the philosophical position in your bones (like, you can buy awesome stuff in the city streets). DasGupta will take you through the detailed history of argument-building and debates on existential issues in Indian Philosophy – the alleyway brawls, so to speak.

But this book? It's just the city map. Got it? It's not low quality at all. People say it’s basic and bad, but I know better. This book is a brilliant intro. Trust me, you’ll love it. Just remember, this book isn’t the end-all-be-all. There’s more out there, finer stuff. This book is like tertiary literature. Radhakrishnan and DasGupta are secondary literature. The original Bhagavad Gita commentaries, Brahma Sutra commentaries, Dhammapada, Nyaya-Vartika, and tons of other texts are primary literature. If you dive into the primaries, you'll go deep. Keep that in mind.

About the audiobook version, the narrator messed up big time. He didn’t follow the rules for spelling Sanskrit terms romanized in English. Vijanana, for example, is written in this way but is spelled as Vigyana. Narrator doesn't know this rule. Blunder. He clearly didn’t do his homework. If I were him, I’d never make that mistake. When you're reading a book full of Sanskrit terms, you need to research before recording. This recording will be around forever, man. The narrator should have been more careful. All the Sanskrit and Pali words are misspelled. Anyone who knows Sanskrit, Hindi, or Marathi will spot this mistake repeatedly. Every non-Devanagari speaker will mispronounce these terms. A major blunder by the narrator. He didn’t do the necessary homework. Alas! An avoidable error has been committed. And it is here to stay. But ofcourse he is a good man. Sounds jolly and lovely, overall.

Brilliant Introduction, the reader however...

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I have read other books of Mr Chatterjee and this one , like all the others, has an engaging and rich text. But, the narration !!! . Well, it will be sufficient to say, after hearing this crap naration, that the narrator should take a vow of not speaking ever again for the rest of his life. My ears went numb with the kind of pronunciation he was throwing from his mouth. And brother .... curb your wanna be British accent.

Golden Content, trash Narration.

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