Paul Deussen (1845–1919)
Author of The Philosophy of the Upanishads
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- Legal name
- Paul Jakob Deussen
- Birthdate
- 1845-01-07
- Date of death
- 1919-07-06
- Burial location
- Oberdreis cemetery, Germany
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Oberdreis, Germany
- Place of death
- Kiel, Germany
- Places of residence
- Kiel, Germany
- Education
- Schulpforta, near Naumburg, Germany
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Occupations
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Kiel, Germany
philologist
philosopher
professor
Orientalist
Sanskrit scholar - Relationships
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (friend)
- Organizations
- Schopenhauer Society
- Short biography
- Paul Jakob Deussen (German pronunciation: [ˈpaʊl ˈjaːkop ˈdɔʏsən]; January 7, 1845 – July 6, 1919) was a German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar. Strongly influenced by Arthur Schopenhauer, Deussen was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Swami Vivekananda. In 1911, he founded the Schopenhauer Society (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft). Professor Deussen was the first editor, in 1912, of the scholarly journal Schopenhauer Yearbook (Schopenhauer-Jahrbuch). Deussen, who 'Sanskritised' his name to ‘Deva-Sena’ as a mark of his admiration for Hinduism, is one of the distinguished roll of Europeans who — often with lyrical admiration — participated in the scholarly Western discovery of Sanskrit and Hinduism which took place in British India itself, Germany, France and England. (Wikipedia: Paul Deussen)
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