When did J. L. Mehta live?

J. L. Mehta was born in 1912 and died in 1988.

Where was J. L. Mehta from?

J. L. Mehta was an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era.

How many quotes are attributed to J. L. Mehta?

There are 5 attributed quotations from J. L. Mehta in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.

J. L. Mehta 1912 – 1988

J. L. Mehta (1912 – 1988) was an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Indian Philosophy, Phenomenology, and Vedanta.

J. L. Mehta was an Indian philosopher and one of the most important interpreters of Heidegger and the Vedantic tradition in twentieth-century Indian thought. Trained in Banaras and Heidelberg, where he met Heidegger, his The Philosophy of Martin Heidegger and Martin Heidegger: The Way and the Vision offered the most thorough Indian engagement with Heideggerian thought, while his shorter essays in Philosophy and Religion sought a meeting between Hindu hermeneutics, the Mimamsa, and the western thinking of Being. His later writings on the Veda as the original poem of the Indian tradition shaped a generation of Indian philosophical scholarship.

Key facts

Nationality: Indian
Era: Contemporary
Movements: Indian Philosophy, Phenomenology, Vedanta

Selected quotes

Attributed to J. L. Mehta:

“The Veda is not a text we read; it is a tradition that reads us.”
Attributed to J. L. Mehta:

“Heidegger's question of Being and the Upanishadic question of Brahman illuminate one another from within.”
Attributed to J. L. Mehta:

“There is no philosophy without translation; in India, there is no thinking without listening.”
Attributed to J. L. Mehta:

“What the western thinker calls Being, the Indian sages have approached as Sat.”
Attributed to J. L. Mehta:

“Hermeneutics is the destiny of every tradition that wishes to remain alive.”

Frequently asked about J. L. Mehta

When did J. L. Mehta live?: J. L. Mehta was born in 1912 and died in 1988.
Where was J. L. Mehta from?: J. L. Mehta was an Indian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
What philosophical movements is J. L. Mehta associated with?: J. L. Mehta was associated with Indian Philosophy, Phenomenology, and Vedanta.
What was J. L. Mehta known for?: J.
How many quotes are attributed to J. L. Mehta?: There are 5 attributed quotations from J. L. Mehta in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.