As a reaction to the all pervasive obsession to analysis, a new trend of revival of metaphysics started appearing on the surface in the early twenty first century amongst the philosophically oriented masses including great thinkers like Prof Whitehead, Samuel Alexander and P.P. Strawson who, while admitting analytical method as a useful tool of philosophy, laid emphasis on the speculative philosophy which has spear headed, with a renewed force, a revival of metaphysics all over the world.

This book is both analytical and elucidatory in tracing the course of history of philosophy through its intermittent alternative periods of idealistic and empirical trends adding new arguments to present their rich phases through a dialectical movement of thought.

The comparative theories of Indian philosophy have also been discussed, where necessary, to enchance the utility of the treatise.

Content - Preface, Introduction, 1. Revival of Metaphysics, 2. Greek Contemplative Thought, 3. Our Knowledge of External World, 4. Mystery of the World, 5. The Concept of Causality, 6. Philosophy of the Soul, 7. Problem of understanding of God, 8. Categories as Basic Features of Thought  and Reality, 9. Concept - Realism vs. Nominalism, 10. Refutation of Language Philosophy, 11. Percepts and Concepts, 12. The Role and Structure of Concepts, 13. Philosophical Journey Beyond the Metaphysical Horizon, Bibliography