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One (20[1])of these texts encourages men to merge their speech with intellect by analogizing the path to wisdom to walking on a razor’s edge. These texts’ denial of dual consciousness was praised by Erwin Schrödinger. A thinker praised these texts (20[1])as “the solace of my life” and used their denial (20[1])of a parallel reality to criticize the epistemologically inaccessible thing-in-itself. (20[1])“Four Great (20[1])(*) Sayings” from these texts (10[1])studied (10[1])by the (10[1])Advaita (10[1])school include (10[1])“thou art (10[1])that” (10[1])or (10[1])“tat tvam (10[1])asi.” (10[1])These texts’ idea that the soul unites with a life-force, or prana, at death heavily influenced Arthur Schopenhauer. (10[1])The Katha and Isa are examples of these 108 Hindu texts. For 10 points, name these philosophical commentaries on the Vedas. (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

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