A collection of lectures by the Orientalist F. Max Müller, delivered at Cambridge, on ancient Indian literature, religion and thought. He asks what India can teach Europe, drawing on Sanskrit texts and Vedic tradition. It offers a thoughtful, accessible introduction to India's intellectual heritage.
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INDIA: WHAT CAN IT TEACH US? A Course of Lectures DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE BY F. MAX MÜLLER, K.M. TEXT AND FOOT-NOTES COMPLETE. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY PROF. ALEXANDER WILDER, M.D. NEW YORK: FUNK & WAGNALLS, Publishers,
10 and 12 Dey Street. NOTE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLISHERS. This volume contains the entire text of the English edition, also all the footnotes. Those portions of the Appendix which serve to illustrate the text are inserted in their appropriate places as footnotes. That part of the Appendix which is of special interest only to the Sanscrit scholar is omitted. Professor Max Müller writes in this book not as a theologian but as a scholar, not intending either to attack or defend Christian theology. His style is charming, because he always writes with freedom and animation. In some passages possibly his language might be misunderstood. We have thought it best to add a few notes. The notes of the American editor are signed "A.W.;" ours, "Am. Pubs." DEDICATED TO E. B. COWELL M.A., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT AND FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
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