ABSTRACT
Like any other philosophy, Indian philosophy grew out of religion. But to say so is to oversimplify and even to mislead, because the words philosophy and religion do not mean exactly the same to the Indian and to the western student. It may be interesting to note that even in the West philosophy does not mean the same to Plato and to the modern analytic philosopher. Philosophy etymologically means 'love of wisdom', but the philosophy that is transmitted, for instance, by Socrates to Plato is not the 'love of wisdom', but 'wisdom' itself in the form of ideas, doctrines and theories. So philosophy has come to mean all those theories about man, his world, his ideals and goals, and the rules of conduct for achieving them.
