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The so-called philosophy of india is even more blowsy and senseless than the metaphysics of the west. it is at war with everything we know of the workings of the human mind, and with every sound idea formulated by mankind. if it prevailed in the whole modern world we'd still be in the thirteenth century; nay, we'd be back among the egyptians of the pyramid age. its only coherent contribution to western thought has been theosophy-and theosophy is as idiotic as christian science. it has absolutely nothing to offer a civilized white man.
-H. L. Mencken
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The So-called Philosophy Of India Is Even

H. L. Mencken
The so-called philosophy of india is even more blowsy and senseless than the metaphysics of the west. it is at war with everything we know of the workings of the human mind, and with every sound idea formulated by mankind. if it prevailed in the whole modern world we'd still be in the thirteenth century; nay, we'd be back among the egyptians of the pyramid age. its only coherent contribution to western thought has been theosophy-and theosophy is as idiotic as christian science. it has absolutely nothing to offer a civilized white man.
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