About the Author
Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872.
At the age of seven he was taken to England for his education. He studied at
St. Paul's School, London, and at King's College, Cambridge. Returning to India
in 1893, he worked for the next thirteen years in the Princely State of Baroda
in the service of the Maharaja and as a professor in the state's college.
In 1906 Sri Aurobindo quit his post in Baroda and
went to Calcutta, where he became one of the leaders of the Indian nationalist
movement. As editor of the newspaper Bande Mataram, he put forward the idea of complete
independence from Britain. Arrested three times for sedition or treason, he was released each time for lack of evidence.
Sri Aurobindo began the practice of Yoga in 1905.
Within a few years he achieved several fundamental spiritual realisations. In
1910 he withdrew from politics and went to Pondicherry in French India in order
to concentrate on his inner life and work. Over the next forty years, he
developed a new' spiritual path, the Integral Yoga, whose ultimate aim is the
transformation of life by the power of a supramental
consciousness. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator the Mother,
he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. His vision of life is presented in
numerous works of prose and poetry, among the best known of which are The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga,
Essays on the Gita and Savitri.
Sri Aurobindo passed away on 5 December 1950.
Contents
|
THE HUMAN CYCLE |
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|
Chapter I |
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|
The Cycle of Society |
5 |
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Chapter II |
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The Age of Individualism and Reason |
15 |
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Chapter III |
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The Coming of the Subjective Age |
26 |
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Chapter IV |
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The Discovery of the Nation-Soul |
35 |
|
Chapter V |
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True and False Subjectivism |
44 |
|
Chapter VI |
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The Objective and Subjective Views of Life |
55 |
|
Chapter VII |
|
|
The Ideal Law of Social Development |
63 |
|
Chapter VIII |
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|
Civilisation and Barbarism |
73 |
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Chapter IX |
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|
Civilisation and Culture |
82 |
|
Chapter X |
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|
Aesthetic and Ethical Culture |
92 |
|
Chapter XI |
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|
The Reason as Governor of Life |
102 |
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Chapter XII |
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The Office and Limitations of the Reason |
114 |
|
Chapter XIII |
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|
Reason and Religion |
124 |
|
Chapter XIV |
|
|
The Suprarational Beauty
|
136 |
|
Chapter XV |
|
|
The Suprarational Good |
146 |
|
Chapter XVI |
|
|
The Suprarational
Ultimate of Life |
155 |
|
Chapter XVII |
|
|
Religion as the Law of Life |
173 |
|
Chapter XVIII |
|
|
The Infrarational Age of
the Cycle 182 |
|
|
Chapter XIX |
|
|
The Curve of the Rational Age |
192 |
|
Chapter XX |
|
|
The End of the Curve of Reason |
208 |
|
Chapter XXI |
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The Spiritual Aim and Life |
222 |
|
Chapter XXII |
|
|
The Necessity of the Spiritual Transformation |
232 |
|
Chapter XXIII |
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|
Conditions for the Coming of a Spiritual Age |
246 |
|
Chapter XXIV |
|
|
The Advent and Progress of the Spiritual Age |
261 |
|
THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY PART I |
|
|
Chapter I |
|
|
The Turn
towards Unity: Its Necessity and Dangers |
279 |
|
Chapter II |
|
|
The
Imperfection of Past Aggregates |
285 |
|
Chapter III |
|
|
The Group
and the Individual |
290 |
|
Chapter IV |
|
|
The
Inadequacy of the State Idea |
296 |
|
Chapter V |
|
|
Nation and
Empire: Real and Political Unities |
304 |
|
Chapter VI |
|
|
Ancient and
Modern Methods of Empire |
312 |
|
Chapter VII |
|
|
The
Creation of the Heterogeneous Nation |
323 |
|
Chapter VIII |
|
|
The Problem
of a Federated Heterogeneous Empire |
330 |
|
Chapter IX |
|
|
The
Possibility of a World-Empire |
337 |
|
Chapter X |
|
|
The United
States of Europe |
344 |
|
Chapter XI |
|
|
The Small Free Unit and the Larger Concentrated
Unity |
355 |
|
Chapter XII |
|
|
The Ancient Cycle of Prenational
Empire-Building - The Modern Cycle of Nation-Building |
364 |
|
Chapter XIII |
|
|
The Formation of the Nation-Unit - The Three
Stages |
374 |
|
Chapter XIV |
|
|
The Possibility of a First Step towards
International Unity - Its Enormous Difficulties |
384 |
|
Chapter XV |
|
|
Some Lines of Fulfilment |
395 |
|
Chapter XVI |
|
|
The Problem of Uniformity and Liberty |
405 |
|
THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY PART ll |
|
|
Chapter XVII |
|
|
Nature's Law in Our Progress |
|
|
- Unity in Diversity, Law and Liberty |
417 |
|
Chapter XVIII |
|
|
The Ideal Solution-A Free Grouping of Mankind |
427 |
|
Chapter XIX |
|
|
The Drive towards Centralisation and Uniformity |
|
|
-Administration and Control of Foreign Affairs |
437 |
|
Chapter XX |
|
|
The Drive towards Economic Centralisation |
445 |
|
Chapter XXI |
|
|
The Drive towards Legislative and Social |
|
|
Centralisation and Uniformity |
451 |
|
Chapter XXII |
|
|
World-Union or World-State |
462 |
|
Chapter XXIII |
|
|
Forms of Government |
465 |
|
Chapter
XXIV |
|
|
The Need
of Military Unification |
475 |
|
Chapter
XXV |
|
|
War
and the Need of Economic Unity |
485 |
|
Chapter
XXVI |
|
|
The
Need of Administrative Unity |
-494 |
|
Chapter
XXVII |
|
|
The
Peril of the World-State |
505 |
|
Chapter
XXVIII |
|
|
Diversity
in Oneness |
513 |
|
Chapter
XXIX |
|
|
The
Idea of a League of Nations |
523 |
|
Chapter
XXX |
|
|
The
Principle of Free Confederation |
533 |
|
Chapter
XXXI |
|
|
The
Conditions of a Free World-Union |
540 |
|
Chapter
XXXII |
|
|
Internationalism
|
548 |
|
Chapter
XXXIII |
|
|
Internationalism
and Human Unity |
554 |
|
Chapter
XXXIV |
|
|
The
Religion of Humanity |
564 |
|
Chapter
XXXV |
|
|
Summary
and Conclusion |
571 |
|
A
Postscript Chapter |
579 |
|
WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION |
|
|
The Passing of War? |
606 |
|
The Unseen Power |
612 |
|
Self - Determination |
623 |
|
A League of Nations |
634 |
|
1919 |
664 |
|
After the War |
668 |
|
APPENDIXES |
|
|
Appendix I |
685 |
|
Appendix II |
686 |
|
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About the Author
Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872.
At the age of seven he was taken to England for his education. He studied at
St. Paul's School, London, and at King's College, Cambridge. Returning to India
in 1893, he worked for the next thirteen years in the Princely State of Baroda
in the service of the Maharaja and as a professor in the state's college.
In 1906 Sri Aurobindo quit his post in Baroda and
went to Calcutta, where he became one of the leaders of the Indian nationalist
movement. As editor of the newspaper Bande Mataram, he put forward the idea of complete
independence from Britain. Arrested three times for sedition or treason, he was released each time for lack of evidence.
Sri Aurobindo began the practice of Yoga in 1905.
Within a few years he achieved several fundamental spiritual realisations. In
1910 he withdrew from politics and went to Pondicherry in French India in order
to concentrate on his inner life and work. Over the next forty years, he
developed a new' spiritual path, the Integral Yoga, whose ultimate aim is the
transformation of life by the power of a supramental
consciousness. In 1926, with the help of his spiritual collaborator the Mother,
he founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. His vision of life is presented in
numerous works of prose and poetry, among the best known of which are The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga,
Essays on the Gita and Savitri.
Sri Aurobindo passed away on 5 December 1950.
Contents
|
THE HUMAN CYCLE |
|
|
Chapter I |
|
|
The Cycle of Society |
5 |
|
Chapter II |
|
|
The Age of Individualism and Reason |
15 |
|
Chapter III |
|
|
The Coming of the Subjective Age |
26 |
|
Chapter IV |
|
|
The Discovery of the Nation-Soul |
35 |
|
Chapter V |
|
|
True and False Subjectivism |
44 |
|
Chapter VI |
|
|
The Objective and Subjective Views of Life |
55 |
|
Chapter VII |
|
|
The Ideal Law of Social Development |
63 |
|
Chapter VIII |
|
|
Civilisation and Barbarism |
73 |
|
Chapter IX |
|
|
Civilisation and Culture |
82 |
|
Chapter X |
|
|
Aesthetic and Ethical Culture |
92 |
|
Chapter XI |
|
|
The Reason as Governor of Life |
102 |
|
Chapter XII |
|
|
The Office and Limitations of the Reason |
114 |
|
Chapter XIII |
|
|
Reason and Religion |
124 |
|
Chapter XIV |
|
|
The Suprarational Beauty
|
136 |
|
Chapter XV |
|
|
The Suprarational Good |
146 |
|
Chapter XVI |
|
|
The Suprarational
Ultimate of Life |
155 |
|
Chapter XVII |
|
|
Religion as the Law of Life |
173 |
|
Chapter XVIII |
|
|
The Infrarational Age of
the Cycle 182 |
|
|
Chapter XIX |
|
|
The Curve of the Rational Age |
192 |
|
Chapter XX |
|
|
The End of the Curve of Reason |
208 |
|
Chapter XXI |
|
|
The Spiritual Aim and Life |
222 |
|
Chapter XXII |
|
|
The Necessity of the Spiritual Transformation |
232 |
|
Chapter XXIII |
|
|
Conditions for the Coming of a Spiritual Age |
246 |
|
Chapter XXIV |
|
|
The Advent and Progress of the Spiritual Age |
261 |
|
THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY PART I |
|
|
Chapter I |
|
|
The Turn
towards Unity: Its Necessity and Dangers |
279 |
|
Chapter II |
|
|
The
Imperfection of Past Aggregates |
285 |
|
Chapter III |
|
|
The Group
and the Individual |
290 |
|
Chapter IV |
|
|
The
Inadequacy of the State Idea |
296 |
|
Chapter V |
|
|
Nation and
Empire: Real and Political Unities |
304 |
|
Chapter VI |
|
|
Ancient and
Modern Methods of Empire |
312 |
|
Chapter VII |
|
|
The
Creation of the Heterogeneous Nation |
323 |
|
Chapter VIII |
|
|
The Problem
of a Federated Heterogeneous Empire |
330 |
|
Chapter IX |
|
|
The
Possibility of a World-Empire |
337 |
|
Chapter X |
|
|
The United
States of Europe |
344 |
|
Chapter XI |
|
|
The Small Free Unit and the Larger Concentrated
Unity |
355 |
|
Chapter XII |
|
|
The Ancient Cycle of Prenational
Empire-Building - The Modern Cycle of Nation-Building |
364 |
|
Chapter XIII |
|
|
The Formation of the Nation-Unit - The Three
Stages |
374 |
|
Chapter XIV |
|
|
The Possibility of a First Step towards
International Unity - Its Enormous Difficulties |
384 |
|
Chapter XV |
|
|
Some Lines of Fulfilment |
395 |
|
Chapter XVI |
|
|
The Problem of Uniformity and Liberty |
405 |
|
THE IDEAL OF HUMAN UNITY PART ll |
|
|
Chapter XVII |
|
|
Nature's Law in Our Progress |
|
|
- Unity in Diversity, Law and Liberty |
417 |
|
Chapter XVIII |
|
|
The Ideal Solution-A Free Grouping of Mankind |
427 |
|
Chapter XIX |
|
|
The Drive towards Centralisation and Uniformity |
|
|
-Administration and Control of Foreign Affairs |
437 |
|
Chapter XX |
|
|
The Drive towards Economic Centralisation |
445 |
|
Chapter XXI |
|
|
The Drive towards Legislative and Social |
|
|
Centralisation and Uniformity |
451 |
|
Chapter XXII |
|
|
World-Union or World-State |
462 |
|
Chapter XXIII |
|
|
Forms of Government |
465 |
|
Chapter
XXIV |
|
|
The Need
of Military Unification |
475 |
|
Chapter
XXV |
|
|
War
and the Need of Economic Unity |
485 |
|
Chapter
XXVI |
|
|
The
Need of Administrative Unity |
-494 |
|
Chapter
XXVII |
|
|
The
Peril of the World-State |
505 |
|
Chapter
XXVIII |
|
|
Diversity
in Oneness |
513 |
|
Chapter
XXIX |
|
|
The
Idea of a League of Nations |
523 |
|
Chapter
XXX |
|
|
The
Principle of Free Confederation |
533 |
|
Chapter
XXXI |
|
|
The
Conditions of a Free World-Union |
540 |
|
Chapter
XXXII |
|
|
Internationalism
|
548 |
|
Chapter
XXXIII |
|
|
Internationalism
and Human Unity |
554 |
|
Chapter
XXXIV |
|
|
The
Religion of Humanity |
564 |
|
Chapter
XXXV |
|
|
Summary
and Conclusion |
571 |
|
A
Postscript Chapter |
579 |
|
WAR AND SELF-DETERMINATION |
|
|
The Passing of War? |
606 |
|
The Unseen Power |
612 |
|
Self - Determination |
623 |
|
A League of Nations |
634 |
|
1919 |
664 |
|
After the War |
668 |
|
APPENDIXES |
|
|
Appendix I |
685 |
|
Appendix II |
686 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |