India: What Can It Teach Us?Cosimo, Inc., 2007年4月1日 - 204 頁 A pioneer of studies of the culture and people of India, Max M ller was one of the most popular, most respected, and most influential thinkers on world spirituality of the 19th century. Here, in a series of lectures delivered at Cambridge University and collected in a book first published in 1883, M ller defends India against Western small-mindedness and invites the reader to explore and appreciate all that India has bequeathed to global culture. From M ller's characterization of the gentle benevolence of Hinduism to his praise for the ancient beauty of Vedic literature, this is a passionate portrait of a culture long misunderstood and mischaracterized, and it remains an important work for anyone interested in the Indian nation.German author FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER (1823-1900) combined the studies of language, culture, and religion to create the discipline of comparative mythology. Among his many works are The Sacred Books of the East and History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature. |
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第 9 頁 - And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
第 6 頁 - India. If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions of some of them, which will deserve the attention even of those who have studied Plato and Kant — I should point to India.
第 6 頁 - India. If I were to look over the whole world to find out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power, and beauty that Nature can bestow — in some parts a very paradise on earth — I should point to India.