Publisher's Synopsis
INTRODUCTION I The basic spnngs of Indian philosophy are the - Vedas and Upanishads. Similarly the main line of the Muslim thought lies in the Quran. These scriptures, by virtue of their nature admit the possibility of varied interpretations. And at times, their statements seem conflicting. That is why we have many schools of thought both in Indian and Muslim philosophy which are directly or indirectly based on these scriptures. Contemporary Indian philosophers have tried to be j.ntegral and synthetic in what they comprehend as the principles of ancient systems and add their own thoughts on them. The ancient Indian philosophy is ascetic, that is, it lays much emphasis on the renunciation of the world. But the contemporary Indian thinkers who discard many accepted principles which they think to be untrue, have positive attitude towards the world and they conceive the world as real and as spiritual. They discard ascetism and they also believe that the service of the world and the humanity is the best for salvation. So the contemporary Indian thinkers try to interpret some of the ancient Indian ideas derived definitely from the ancient holy books like the Upanishads, Gita, Quran etc. Quran, in the case of Muhammad Iqbal,
