09-01-2006, 09:41 PM
Freidrich is the guy being referred to and Bodhi is correct he came after Jones. Freidrich Schlegel wanted India as the <i>urland </i>- the land of the original revelation, although he thought Indians couldnt preserve it and now have became idolators.. Or so it went.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schlegel
added later : This hero got attracted to India as did others like him to get even with the pope or church or whatever and then found the idolatory of yindoos too much to digest and finally converted to catholicism.
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IIRC Voltaire's line was --> ok the yindoos had some real monotheism going there and so church (pope actually) didnt have any monopoly. Was he a protestant ?
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can somebody who has studied anglosphere in those times post a summary of those times ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schlegel
added later : This hero got attracted to India as did others like him to get even with the pope or church or whatever and then found the idolatory of yindoos too much to digest and finally converted to catholicism.
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IIRC Voltaire's line was --> ok the yindoos had some real monotheism going there and so church (pope actually) didnt have any monopoly. Was he a protestant ?
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can somebody who has studied anglosphere in those times post a summary of those times ??