Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888 – 1975
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman, the second President of independent India and one of the foremost twentieth-century interpreters of Indian philosophy to the West. He held chairs at Calcutta and at Oxford, where he was Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics. His Indian Philosophy in two volumes and An Idealist View of Life articulated a modern restatement of Advaita Vedanta and a philosophical anthropology rooted in spiritual experience. His birthday is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Indian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Vedanta, Indian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:
“Religion is not a creed but a search for the meaning of human existence.”
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Attributed to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:
“True religion is a revolutionary force.”
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Attributed to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:
“The end of education is character.”
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Attributed to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:
“It is not God that is worshipped but the group or authority that claims to speak in His name.”
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Attributed to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:
“When we think we know, we cease to learn.”