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en-wikipedia-org-2450		Solipsism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	5803	854	54	The methodological solipsist believes that subjective impressions (empiricism) or innate knowledge (rationalism) are the sole possible or proper starting point for philosophical construction.[3] Often methodological solipsism is not held as a belief system, but rather used as a thought experiment to assist skepticism (e.g. Descartes' Cartesian skepticism).[citation needed] The earliest reference to Solipsism may be imputed to a mistaken notion of the ideas in Hindu philosophy in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, dated to early 1st millennium BCE.[20] The Upanishad holds the mind to be the only god and all actions in the universe are thought to be a result of the mind assuming infinite forms.[21] After the development of distinct schools of Indian philosophy, Advaita Vedanta and Samkhya schools are thought to have originated concepts similar to solipsism.[citation needed] Actually, Brihadaranyaka (1.3.) mentions 'Prana', which is what the true meaning is of the ancient Greek 'Psyche'.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2450.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2450.txt