Quote#Wisdom
That Indian thought has clearly exercised a determinative influence…
Quote byHouston Stewart Chamberlain · 1855–1927
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (Die Grundlagen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1899), quoted in Suzanne L. Marchand - German Orientalism in the Age of Empire. Religion, Race, and Scholarship-Cambridge University Press (2009).
English (original)
That Indian thought has clearly exercised a determinative influence upon Greek philosophy is now a settled fact; of course, our Hellenists and philosophers have long disputed this with the violent obstinacy of prejudiced scholars; everything was supposed to have originated autonomously in Hellas; at most the Egyptians and Semites were supposed to have exercised a shaping influence ...
— Houston Stewart Chamberlain
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