The present work is an important contribution towards understanding the cultural environment in which teh concepts of man and nature were conceived in India. By reviewing the philosophical values on which Hinduism is based, this study wants to provide information regarding the traditional Indian conceptions of man and nature to the people involved in teh search for new ecological ethics.
Since the author explains the ancient ideas from a perspective which has contemporary relevance, the book has the rare virtue of presenting the HIndu philosophical systems in a style which is clearly intelligible even for neophytes. At the same time his scholastic review of esoteric topics like the 'Psychology of Samkhya' and the Cosmology of Saivism' makes the book an important reading also for authorities on Indology.
