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ESSAYS DIVINE AND HUMAN<\/b> consists of short prose pieces written
\nby Sri Aurobindo between 1910 and the late 1940s and not published before his passing in 1950. Most prose works written prior to 1910 on
\nsubjects other than politics are published in Early Cultural Writings<\/i>, volume 1 of T<\/span><\/font>HE<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tC<\/font>OMPLETE<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tW<\/font>ORKS OF<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tS<\/font>RI
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\t\t\tA<\/font>UROBINDO<\/font>. Most
\nshort prose works written after 1910 and published during his lifetime are included in
\nEssays in Philosophy and Yoga<\/i>, volume 13 of T<\/font>HE<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tC<\/font>OMPLETE<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tW<\/font>ORKS<\/font><\/span>. Short writings on the Vedas, the Upanishads and other specialised subjects are included in the volumes devoted
\nto those subjects. Most of the writings in the present volume deal with philosophy, yoga, and yogic psychology. The contents have been
\ndivided into four parts:
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Part One. Essays Divine and Human <\/i>More or less complete essays, most of which were given titles and revised to some extent by the author. They have been grouped by period in five sections.
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Part Two. From Man to Superman<\/i>. Notes, drafts and fragments on yoga and yogic philosophy and psychology. Few of these pieces were
\nrevised; most are incomplete, several quite fragmentary. The editors have arranged them by subject on lines explained below.
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Part Three. Notes and Fragments on Various Subjects<\/i>. Miscellaneous pieces that received little or no revision by the author. They
\ndiffer from the pieces in Part Two in dealing with subjects not directly related to yoga, philosophy or psychology.
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Part Four. Thoughts and Aphorisms<\/i>. A series of aphorisms, revised but never prepared for publication by the author.
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The pieces in this part have been arranged by the editors in five chronological sections. Many of the sections or subsections correspond to organic divisions in the author’s work. 
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One (circa 1911)
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\n\t\t\tAll but the first piece in this section were written in a single notebook, probably in 1911. “Certitudes” belongs roughly to the same period.
\nAbove “Man” Sri Aurobindo wrote a collective title: “Essays\u2014”.
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\n\t\t\tCertitudes. <\/b>Circa 1911 \u00ad 13.<\/b> The Sanskrit phrase at the end, a citation
\nfrom the Bhagavad Gita (4.11), means “as men approach me, so I accept them to my love”.
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\n\t\t\tMoksha. <\/b>Circa 1911. <\/b>
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\n\t\t\tMan<\/b>. Circa 1911. The Sanskrit phrase in the second paragraph, an
\naltered citation from the Aitareya Upanishad (I.2.3), means “well-built, indeed”.
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\n\t\t\tPhilosophy<\/b>. Circa 1911.
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\n\t\t\tThe Siddhis.<\/b> Circa 1911.
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Psychology of Yoga.<\/b> Circa 1911. Sri Aurobindo used this title again for a piece in Section<\/p>\n

Two that was written independently a year
\nor two later and yet again as the general title of the first group of essays in \t\t\tSection<\/p>\n

Three.
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\n\t\t\tManuscripts of six of these essays<\/b>\u2014”The Sources of Poetry”, “The
\nInterpretation of Scripture”, “On Original Thinking”, “The Balance of Justice”, “Social Reform” and “The Claims of Theosophy”\u2014were
\ntyped in or around 1912 using the same typewriter and the same sort of paper. The other seven essays are related to the typed ones by subject
\nor date or both. <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tNa Kinchidapi Chintayet<\/b>. Possibly early 1910. The title is a quotation
\nfrom the Bhagavad Gita (6.25): “One should not think of anything at all.”
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\n\t\t\tThe Sources of Poetry<\/b>. Circa 1912. <\/span> <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Interpretation of Scripture<\/b>. Circa 1912.
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tOn Original Thinking<\/b>. Circa 1912. After the text of the principal version, the editors have placed the draft opening of another version,
\nentitled in the manuscript “On the Importance of Original Thinking”. Above this title Sri Aurobindo wrote: “Essays\u2014Human and Divine”. 
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The editors have used a variant of this (see “The Silence behind Life”
\nbelow) as the title of this part and of the volume as a whole. The Balance of Justice. Circa 1912. This is a revised and enlarged
\nversion of “European Justice” (published in Early Cultural Writings<\/i>), which probably was written in 1910.
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Social Reform.<\/b> Circa 1912. The first nine paragraphs were typewritten. Sri Aurobindo subsequently added five handwritten paragraphs to the
\nlast typed sheet. (These paragraphs are difficult to read and parts have been lost through mutilation of the manuscript.) The passage
\nbeginning “We are Hindus” was written separately and headed “For Social Reform'”. Sri Aurobindo left no indication where he wanted it
\ninserted. The editors have placed it at the end, separating it from the main text by a white space.
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Hinduism and the Mission of India.<\/b> Circa 1912. Editorial title. The first pages of the manuscript have been lost; the first surviving sentence
\nlacks its beginning. <\/span> <\/p>\n

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The Psychology of Yoga<\/b> (regarding the title, see the note on “The
\nPsychology of Yoga” in Section<\/p>\n

One). Circa 1912 (written around the same time as the pieces on Theosophy that follow).
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The Claims of Theosophy<\/b>. Circa 1910 \u00ad 12 (certainly written after January 1908, when Sri Aurobindo met V. B. Lele, the “member of the
\nTheosophical Society who [gave] me spiritual help” mentioned in paragraph six). This article, like the others on Theosophy, was never published by Sri Aurobindo. However much he disagreed with some of the methods or doctrines of the Theosophical Society, he was well aware of
\nthe pioneering work done by this movement, which “with its comprehensive combinations of old and new beliefs and its appeal to ancient
\nspiritual and psychic systems, has everywhere exercised an influence far beyond the circle of its professed adherents” (The Renaissance in India<\/i>,
\nCWSA vol. 20, p. 70). He assured a disciple who had been associated with the Theosophists: “I have nothing against it [the Theosophical
\nSociety] nor against any of the Theosophists, to all of whom I wish the best. I am not against them” (Talk with a disciple, 11 January 1926).
\nScience & Religion in Theosophy. Circa 1910 \u00ad 12. Heading in the manuscript: “Papers on Theosophy \/ II \/ Science & Religion in Theosophy”. (Although not so identified, “The Claims of Theosophy” evidently is the first of the papers.) 
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Sat<\/b>. Circa 1912.
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Sachchidananda.<\/b> Circa 1912 \u00ad 13.
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The Silence behind Life<\/b>. Circa 1912. Above the title Sri Aurobindo
\nwrote: “Essays Divine and Human”. The editors have used this as the title of this part and of the volume as a whole.
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Section<\/p>\n

Three (circa 1913) <\/b>
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The essays in this section form three groups, which were written in
\nthree notebooks in or around 1913. The titles of the first and third groups were given by Sri Aurobindo.
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The Psychology of Yoga<\/b>. Sri Aurobindo wrote this title inside the cover of the notebook used. On the front of the cover he wrote, and then
\ncancelled, “Hints on Yoga”.
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Initial Definitions and Descriptions.<\/b> Circa 1913. Before the first
\nparagraph Sri Aurobindo wrote the numeral “1”.
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The Object of Our Yoga<\/b>. Circa 1913. This essay is found in the
\nnotebook containing the pieces that make up the next group, but seems to go better here. It has no title in the manuscript.
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Purna Yoga.<\/b> Editorial title. The three pieces are headed I, II, III in the manuscript.
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I. The Entire Purpose of Yoga<\/b>. Circa 1913.
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II. Parabrahman, Mukti & Human Thought-Systems<\/b>. Circa 1913.
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III. Parabrahman and Parapurusha<\/b>. Circa 1913. Editorial title.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Natural and Supernatural Man. This title is written on the cover of the
\nnotebook that contains all the pieces in this group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Evolutionary Aim in Yoga<\/b>. Circa 1913.
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The Fullness of Yoga\u2014In Condition<\/b>. Circa 1913. A draft of this and the preceding essay is published as piece 127 of Part Two.
\nThe second part of the draft, from the phrase “Yoga in its practice may be either perfect or partial” to the end, was rewritten as
\n“The Fullness of Yoga\u2014In Condition”. This essay follows the draft rather closely for two and a half paragraphs; from this point
\nthe two are developed on different lines. The significance of the phrase “in condition” in the title is not made clear in the essay;
\nbut it is brought out sufficiently well in the draft. 
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Nature<\/b>. Circa 1913. This essay was at one point to be entitled
\n“Maya, Lila, Prakriti, Chit-Shakti”. Individual pieces on each of these aspects of the force called Nature were apparently planned,
\nbut only “Maya” was written.
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Maya<\/b>. Circa 1913. In the second paragraph Sri Aurobindo writes
\nof his intention to “look at the Cosmos from . . . the standpoint . . . of . . . Lila”. Although never able to complete an essay
\non this theme, he did sketch his view of the subject in two sentences written on the back cover of the notebook. These sentences are
\ngiven as a footnote. \t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Four (1914 \u00ad 1919)
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\n\t\t\tThe four essays making up this section were written independently during the period of publication of the monthly journal
\nArya <\/i>(1914 \u00ad
\n21). They may have been meant for the journal, but were not published there. They have no relationship with each other except that of date.
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Beginning and the End<\/b>. Circa 1915. Editorial title. In the manuscript this passage is followed by one that was published in
\nthe Arya <\/i>in May 1915 under the title “Thoughts and Glimpses”. Subsequently this second passage was reproduced as three parts of the
\nbooklet Thoughts and Glimpses <\/i>(published in Essays in Philosophy<\/i>
\nand Yoga<\/i>).
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Hour of God<\/b>. Circa 1918.
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tBeyond Good and Evil<\/b>. Circa 1918. Editorial title.
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe Divine Superman<\/b>. Circa 1918. \t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Five (1927 and after)
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\n\t\t\tThe second, third and fourth essays in this section were written in the same notebook around 1930. The other two were written at roughly
\nthe same time.
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\n\t\t\tThe Law of the Way<\/b>. Circa 1927. The manuscript is untitled; the
\neditors have used a phrase from the last sentence as heading.
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\n\t\t\tMan and the Supermind<\/b>. Circa 1930. Sri Aurobindo returned to the
\ntheme “Man is a transitional being” again and again. See pieces 46, 
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\nof several drafts.
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The Involved and Evolving Godhead<\/b>. Circa 1930. Written immediately
\nafter the preceding essay in the same notebook. An earlier draft, written around 1927, is published as piece 51 of Part Two.
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The Evolution of Consciousness.<\/b> Circa 1930. Untitled in the manuscript. The Greek sentence at the end of the third paragraph means
\n“God is not but becomes.” The Path. Circa 1930. This essay is one of several pieces written around
\n1930 on the supramental yoga. Three others are published as pieces 18, 157 and 159 of Part Two.
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\tThe\t171 notes, drafts and fragments that make up this part were written by Sri Aurobindo over the course of thirty-five years, from around 1912 to 1947, when failing eyesight obliged him to stop writing by
\nhand. <\/span> <\/p>\n

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None of the pieces were revised for publication by the author. It
\nhas sometimes been necessary for the editors to make judgments as to what his intentions were. In addition, some of the pieces, particularly
\nthose from the 1940s, are quite difficult to read. The editors have been able to decipher all but a few words; doubtful readings and
\nillegible words are indicated in accordance with the Guide to Editorial Notation. Special problems are discussed in the reference volume.
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\tThese 171 pieces were never intended to form a single work. The compilation, arrangement and numbering is the responsibility of
\nthe editors. They have chosen to arrange the pieces by subject rather than date because a strict chronological arrangement, even if possible,
\nwould have resulted in thematic incoherence. A table in the reference volume shows the approximate chronological sequence of the pieces.
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The material falls into three broad categories, which have been made the main sections of the compilation: philosophy (the principles of things), psychology (the study of consciousness), and yoga. The pieces in each section have been divided into subsections and
\nsub-subsections.
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A number of the pieces have headings in the manuscript. Some 
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apparently were intended to be the titles of the essays or books that the
\npieces would have introduced. Since Sri Aurobindo frequently abandoned the pieces before the subject given in the title was reached, all
\nheadings have been omitted from the texts. They are given in the notes on individual pieces below. Some headings have been made the titles of
\nsubdivisions. One heading used twice by Sri Aurobindo, “From Man to Superman”, has been used as the title of this part.
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Sri Aurobindo usually placed some sort of sign (asterisk, group of asterisks, bar, etc.) to mark his own division of pieces into sections.
\nThe editors have represented his sign uniformly by a single asterisk.
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Notes on Individual Pieces in Part Two
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1. Circa 1927. Heading: “God, Nature and Man” (used as the subtitle of this section; cf. the heading of piece 14). The text of the
\npiece is cancelled in the manuscript.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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2. Circa 1936.
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3. Late 1920s to early 1930s. Heading: “The Divine”.
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4. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

5. Circa 1912. Heading: “Ishavasyam”. On the next two pages of the same notebook is written a fragmentary commentary on
\nthe Isha Upanishad. The present piece clearly is related to that commentary.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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6. Arya <\/i>period (1914 \u00ad 21).
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7. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
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8. Late 1920s to early 1930s. Pieces 8 \u00ad 15 are fragmentary treatments of a theme taken up by Sri Aurobindo recurrently over a
\nperiod of ten to twenty years. Pieces 8 \u00ad 11 all were written in the same notebook. Cf. also piece 55 and piece 128.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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9. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
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10. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
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11. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
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12. Circa 1942. The phrase “Ekam evadvitiyam” was written at the
\nend of the first paragraph, then cancelled.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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13. 1930s.
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14. Circa 1945. Heading: “God, Nature and Soul. \/ God \/ I” (cf. the subtitle of this section). 
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15. 1930s.
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16. Circa 1927.
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17. Circa 1927. This piece was not included in the 1994 edition of Essays
\n\tDivine and Human<\/i>.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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18. Circa 1930. Heading: “2. The Fundamental Knowledge”. Preceded in the same notebook by “The Path” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five).
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19. Circa 1927. The piece clearly is a fragment.
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20. 17 June 1914. Heading: “The Tablet of Vedanta.” The opening
\nsentence was written above the title in the manuscript, evidently after some or all of the rest had been written.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

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21. 1930s.
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22. Circa 1913.
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23. Circa 1942. Heading: “Note on a criticism in the Modern Review”. Written in or shortly after August 1942, when
\nThe Modern<\/i>
\nReview <\/i>(Calcutta) published an adverse review of a Sanskrit-Bengali edition of the Gita edited by Anilbaran Roy, a disciple
\nof Sri Aurobindo. The reviewer charged that the Sanskrit phrase parā prakrtir
\n\tjīvabhūta <\/i>(cf. Gita 7.5), translated by Anilbaran .<\/i>
\naccording to Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation as presented in Essays<\/i> on the Gita
\n<\/i>(see CWSA vol. 19, pp. 266, 269 and 519), could not
\nbear the meaning given it, viz., the supreme Nature which has
\nbecome the jīva <\/i>(individual soul). Sri Aurobindo never published his note. His disciple Kapali Shastri answered the reviewer from
\na purely grammatical point of view in an article published in the Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual
\n<\/i>of 1943 (no. 2, pp. 236 \u00ad 42).
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24. Circa 1913.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

25. Late 1920s to early 1930s. Headed “(2)”; the unmarked “(1)”
\npresumably is one of the “Ekam evadvitiyam” pieces written in the same notebook (cf. pieces 8 \u00ad 11), probably piece 10. Cf. also
\npiece 92.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

26. Circa 1940.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

27. June 1914 (probably between 3 and 17 June).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

28. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

29. Circa 1927. This piece is the third of three drafts, written within a short time of one another, of the opening of the revised version of The Synthesis of Yoga<\/i>, Part I, Chapter 11. The first of 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n

\n

these drafts bears an obvious relation to the printed version,
\nthe second an obvious relation to the first, and the third to the second; but almost nothing of the third draft appears in the
\nprinted version. It has therefore been printed here as a separate piece.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

30. Early 1913.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

31. Circa 1942. Heading: “Psychology”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

32.
\nCirca 1942. In the manuscript this piece comes after a passage
\nconsisting of quotations from a book dealing with Bergson’s “philosophy of change”, and two sentences written by Sri Aurobindo
\nthat are reproduced as piece 71.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

33.  Late 1920s to early 1930s. Written at the top of a page used otherwise for what is printed as the second footnote to piece 56.
\nThe present piece seems to have some textual relation to pieces 56 and 57.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

34. Arya <\/i>period (1914 \u00ad 21). The edge of the manuscript is damaged 
\nand several words partly or wholly lost. The piece may have been intended for the
\nArya<\/i>, but was never published there.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

35. Circa 1912. Heading: “Life”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

36. Circa 1912. Heading: “Vedantic Suggestions \/ The Secret of Life \u2014Ananda”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

37. Middle to late 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

38. Circa 1929.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

39. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

40. Circa 1942.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

41. Circa 1929.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

42. Circa 1918. Possibly intended for the Arya<\/i>, perhaps as part of a
\nchapter of The Life Divine<\/i>, but not used even in a modified form
\nin any Arya <\/i>article.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

43. Middle to late 1940s. The piece is the second section of a fragment headed “Man and Superman”; the first section is printed as piece
\n80. In the manuscript three asterisks divide the two sections; the editors have treated them as separate pieces.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

44. Circa 1927. The manuscript of the piece occurs amid drafts of 
\n“Man and the Supermind” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

45. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

46.  Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n

\n

47. Circa 1947. Heading: “From Man to Superman” (used as the title
\nof this part, cf. piece 53).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

48. Circa 1917 \u00ad 18.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

49. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

50. 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

51. Circa 1927. The piece is a partial draft of “The Involved and Evolving Godhead” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

52. Circa 1942.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

53. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “From Man to Superman \/ I”
\n(used as the title of this part, cf. piece 47).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

54. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “Superman”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

55. Circa 1942. Heading: “The Secret of Consciousness”. Note the phrase “Ekam evadvitiyam” (cf. pieces 8 \u00ad 15).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

56. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

57. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

58. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

59. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

60. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “Mat[t]er”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

61. Circa 1927. Heading: “Jottings”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

62. Circa 1913.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

63. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

64. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

65. 1930s, probably 1934.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

66. Circa 1927. Written as part of a draft of “Man and the Supermind” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

67. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

68. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

69. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

70. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

71. Circa 1942. Written below the quotations from a book on Bergson mentioned in the note to piece 32. The present piece is headed
\nby the numeral 2, which separates it from the notes. Unlike the notes, the piece is not enclosed in inverted commas and so has
\nbeen considered to be a writing of Sri Aurobindo’s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

72. Late 1930s to early 1940s. Heading: “Intuition”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

73. Circa 1927 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

74. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n

\n

75. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29. Heading: “On the Supermind.”
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

76. Arya <\/i>period (1914 \u00ad 21), probably towards the end of the period. Pieces 76 \u00ad 82, as well as pieces 46, 47 and 53 are treatments of a
\nsingle theme taken up by Sri Aurobindo recurrently over a period of more than twenty-five years (or thirty-five if Aphorism 162 in
\nPart Four is taken into consideration). Pieces 64, 66 and 68 are on a related theme. Sri Aurobindo’s most complete essay on the
\nsubject is “Man and the Supermind” (Part One, \t\t\tSection<\/p>\n

Five).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

77. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

78. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

79. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

80. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “Man and Superman”. This piece was written along with what is published as piece 43.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

81. Circa 1942. Heading: “Man and Superman”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

82. 1940 \u00ad 42.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

83. 1940 \u00ad 42.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

84. 1940 \u00ad 42.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

85. Late 1930s to early 1940s. Heading: “Consciousness”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

86. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “Is Consciousness Real”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

87. 1940 \u00ad 42.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

88. Late 1930s to early 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

89. Circa 1927. Heading “Prolegomena”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

90. Circa 1937.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

91. Middle to late 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

92. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

93. Late 1920s to early 1930s. The piece is the incomplete second part of an untitled essay, the first part of which is published as
\n“The Evolution of Consciousness” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five). Sri Aurobindo abandoned the piece without examining the question
\nfrom the second of the two “vision-bases” spoken of in the first sentence.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

94. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “The Conscient in unconscious things”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

95. Middle to late 1940s (written immediately after piece 94). Heading: “The Consciousness below the Surface”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

96. Middle to late 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

97. Middle to late 1940s. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 513<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

98.<\/p>\n

Circa 1942. Heading: “1 The Inconscient Energy”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

99. Circa 1942.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

100. 1940 \u00ad 42.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

101. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

102. Circa 1917 \u00ad 18. A half-page blank separates the present piece from piece 103. Heading: “Psychological Maxims”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

103. Circa 1917 \u00ad 18. A half-page blank separates the present piece
\nfrom piece 104.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

104. Circa 1917 \u00ad 18.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

105. Early 1917. Heading: "The Psychology of Social Development \/ VII”; this is the title under which the book later published
\nas The Human Cycle <\/i>appeared in the Arya<\/i>; the seventh instalment of the work, unrelated to the present piece, was published in the
\nissue of February 1917.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

106. 1912 \u00ad 13.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

107. 1912 \u00ad 13. Faces piece in the manuscript.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

108. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

109. Late 1940s. Heading: “The Psychology of Integral Yoga”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

110. Circa 1942. Heading: “Notes on Consciousness”; the piece is preceded by
\n\t"1." (no further notes were written).<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

111. 
\n1 September 1947. Heading: “Consciousness”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

112.
\nCirca 1936.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

113.
\n1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

114.
\nCirca 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

115.
\nLate 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

116.
\nMiddle to late 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

117.
\nLate 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

118.
\nLate 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

119.
\nCirca 1942. Heading: “Yoga<\/i>“.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

120.
\nCirca 1930.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

121.
\nCirca 1917 \u00ad 18.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

122.
\nCirca 1913.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

123.
\nCirca 1917 \u00ad 18. Heading: “The Web of Yoga.”
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

124. Circa 1913. Heading: “The Evolutionary Aim of Yoga.” The piece apparently is related to “The Evolutionary Aim in Yoga” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Three), and so to piece 127.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

125.  1930s<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n

\n

126. Circa 1920. Heading: “An Introduction to Yoga. \/ 1 \/ The Meaning of Yoga”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

127. Circa 1913. This long piece can be considered a draft of what,
\ndifferently developed, became two essays, “The Evolutionary Aim in Yoga” and “The Fullness of Yoga\u2014In Condition” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Three). The sense of the second of these titles is explained better in the last two paragraphs of the present piece than in the
\nrevised essay.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

128. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

129. Circa 1915. Heading: “Essays in Yoga. \/ The Seeds of Yoga.”
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

130. Circa 1915.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

131. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

132. 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

133. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

134. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29. This piece and piece 135 were written in the
\nsame notebook; it is possible that they are passages intended for insertion in a larger work, perhaps the revised version of
\nThe<\/i>
\nSynthesis of Yoga<\/i>. (Note, in the first sentence of both pieces, the antecedentless “this”.)
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

135. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

136. Middle to late 1940s. Heading: “Yoga of Devotion”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

137. Circa 1945. Heading: “The Yoga of Devotion”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

138. 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

139. Circa 1926 \u00ad 27. Heading: “The Way of Works”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

140. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

141. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

142. Circa 1927. The manuscript of this piece comes between two
\ndrafts of “The Law of the Way” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five), and parts of the present piece are reminiscent of that essay.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

143. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

144. Circa 1912.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

145. Circa 1938.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

146. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

147. 1930s. Pieces 147 \u00ad 51 were written in this order in a single notebook.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

148. 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

149. 1930s. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n

\n

150. 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

151. 1930s. This piece includes what was published as piece 17 in the 1994 edition of
\n\tEssays Divine and Human<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

152. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29. Heading: “The Aim of the Integral Yoga”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

153. Circa 1913. The piece breaks off abruptly; it is likely that Sri
\nAurobindo intended to write about more than two aims of the sadhana (cf. piece 154).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

154. Circa 1930.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

155. Circa 1930.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

156. Late 1930s to early 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

157. Circa 1930. Closely related to “The Path” (Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

158. Circa 1930.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

159. Circa 1930. Heading: “The Path”. This piece is the first draft of what is published in Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five as “The Path” (the
\nheading of the present piece is used as the title of that essay).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

160. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

161. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

162. Circa 1928 \u00ad 29.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

163. 1930s. The piece evidently is incomplete; only one of the four elements mentioned in the first paragraph was taken up.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

164. Late 1930s to early 1940s. The piece evidently is incomplete; only one of the three transformations mentioned was taken up.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

165. Late 1920s to early 1930s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

166. Late 1930s to early 1940s.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

167. Circa 1936.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

168. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

169. Circa 1927.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

170. Circa 1927. These lines were written (and later bracketed) at the
\ntop of an incomplete draft of what is published in Part One, Section<\/p>\n

Five as “The Law of the Way”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

\t171. Circa 1926 \u00ad 27.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

PART<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tTHREE<\/font>:
\n\tNOTES AND<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tFRAGMENTS
\n\tON<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tVARIOUS<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tSUBJECTS
\n\t<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

The pieces in this part were written between 1910 and the late 1940s. They have been arranged by subject. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 516<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n

<\/p>\n

The Marbles of Time<\/b>. 1910 \u00ad 14. Editorial title. Cancelled heading:
\n“Marbles”.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

A Theory of the Human Being<\/b>. 1912 \u00ad 14.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

A Cyclical Theory of Evolution<\/b>. 1910 \u00ad 13. This piece probably was written around the same time as the preceding one. The opening page
\nor pages (and so also the title) are missing.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

A Misunderstanding of Continents<\/b>. Circa 1918.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Towards Unification<\/b>. Circa 1912. In the manuscript written beneath the heading: “Studies in the Mahabharat\u2014\/ The Book of the
\nWoman.” Evidently the passage printed here was meant to be an introduction to a discussion of the eleventh book of the Mahabharata,
\nthe Stri-Parva <\/i>or Book of the Woman. Sri Aurobindo broke off work on the piece without reaching the proposed subject. The title has been
\nsupplied by the editors.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

China, Japan and India<\/b>. Circa 1912.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Renascent India<\/b>. 1916 \u00ad 18. Editorial title.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Where We Stand in Literature<\/b>. Circa 1916 \u00ad 18. Draft B was written
\nafter Draft A in the same notebook.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

The Origin of Genius<\/b>. 1910 \u00ad 14.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Poetic Genius<\/b>. Circa 1912. Editorial title. In the manuscript the heading is “The Genius of Valmekie” (see the next piece).
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

The Voices of the Poets<\/b>. Circa 1912. Editorial title. The text of this piece, like the preceding one, was written under the heading “The
\nGenius of Valmekie”. There is no explicit mention of Valmiki in either piece. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

Pens\u00e9es<\/span><\/b>. Circa 1912.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

A Dream<\/b>. 1910 \u00ad 14. Editorial title. Written under the heading “Srevian [?Srevina] \/ A Tale of Prehistoric Times\u2014Preface.” This introductory
\nfragment is all that exists of a proposed story.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

The Beauty of a Crow’s Wings<\/b>. 1910 \u00ad 12. Editorial title.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Science<\/b>. 1914 \u00ad 21. Editorial title.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Religion<\/b>. Circa 1927. Editorial title.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Reason and Society<\/b>. Late 1930s or 1940s. Editorial title. The piece seems to be related to
\nThe Human Cycle<\/i>. Published here for the first
\ntime.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Justice<\/b>. Late 1940s. Editorial title. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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\n

\n

PART<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tFOUR<\/font>:
\n\tTHOUGHTS AND<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tAPHORISMS<\/font>
\n\t<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Thoughts and Aphorisms<\/b>. In or around 1913, Sri Aurobindo wrote 552 aphorisms in a single notebook. In May 1915 and May 1916 he
\npublished ten of them in the monthly review Arya<\/i>. (These ten have not been reproduced here. They form part of
\nThoughts and Glimpses<\/i>,
\nincluded in Essays in Philosophy and Yoga<\/i>.) Of the 542 aphorisms that remain, two have been classed with the “Additional Aphorisms”
\n(see below). This leaves 540 aphorisms forming the main series of Thoughts and Aphorisms<\/i>.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

In the notebook, the aphorisms were written in nine groupings, three of which are headed Jnana, three Karma and three Bhakti. The
\ngroupings occur in this order: Jnana, Karma, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Bhakti, Jnana. The editors have placed the three groupings of Jnana, the three groupings of Karma and the three groupings of Bhakti together. Sri Aurobindo numbered all the aphorisms in Jnana
\nand Karma, none of those in Bhakti. Since it appears that he intended the numbers to form part of the text, the editors have placed a number
\nbefore each aphorism. These numbers do not correspond to those in the manuscript because the three groupings of each section have been
\nplaced together and the unnumbered Bhakti section included.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

Sri Aurobindo left indications in the manuscript that certain aphorisms were to be moved to a different part or position. For example, he seems to have wanted present aphorisms 240 and 241 to be placed after
\npresent aphorism 98. But since some of these manuscript indications are not clear, the editors have followed the original notebook order.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

The manuscript, entirely handwritten, was revised once or twice by Sri Aurobindo. The original writing is mostly clear, but the revision
\nis sometimes cramped and difficult to read.
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

“Additional Aphorisms”. The last two aphorisms (541 \u00ad 42) in
\nthe notebook containing the main series were not clearly intended for inclusion in the Karma, Jnana or Bhakti sections. The editors have
\nplaced them in a separate section along with five other aphorisms (543 \u00ad 47) that were written in a different notebook. The handwriting
\nof these last five indicates that they were written somewhat later than 1913\u2014possibly as late as 1919. 
\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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\n

\n

<\/p>\n

PUBLISHING<\/font><\/p>\n

\t\t\tHISTORY
\n<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

Some of the material published in this volume was brought out in The Hour of God
\n<\/i>(Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo Ashram) in 1959. This
\nbooklet was reprinted in 1964, 1970 and 1973. In 1982 a new, reorganised edition was published. This was reprinted in 1986, 1991
\nand 1993. <\/span> \t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

Thoughts and Aphorisms <\/i>was first published by the Sri Aurobindo
\nAshram in 1958. A second impression of the first edition was issued the next year. New editions textually identical to the first came out
\nin 1968 and 1971. The texts of the fourth (1977) and fifth (1982) editions each contained corrections of transcription errors. The fifth
\nedition was reprinted in 1988, 1992 and 1996. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

In 1971 the contents of the original edition of
\nThe Hour of God<\/i>,
\nalong with Thoughts and Aphorisms <\/i>and other material, were brought out as
\nThe Hour of God and Other Writings<\/i>, volume 17 of the Sri
\nAurobindo Birth Centenary Library. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

In 1994 those parts of The Hour of God and Other Writings
\n<\/i>that
\nhad not been published during Sri Aurobindo’s lifetime, along with other material of the same nature that had not yet been published in a
\nbook, were brought out as \t\t\tEssays Divine and Human<\/i>. The texts of all the pieces were checked against the manuscripts. The present volume
\nis for the most part a reprint of that edition.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

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