History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-II)
Which of the following German scholars wrote extensively on Indian intellectual history without learning any Indian language?
AF.W.J. Schelling
BA. Schopenhauer
CG.W.F. Hegel ✓ Correct
DF. Schlegel
Correct answer: (C) G.W.F. Hegel — It was G.W.F. Hegel, so the answer is G.W.F. Hegel.
Explanation
★It was G.W.F. Hegel, so the answer is G.W.F. Hegel.
★G.W.F. Hegel was the German scholar who wrote extensively on Indian intellectual history without learning any Indian language.
★Hegel was a German idealist philosopher who wrote a critique on the Bhagavad Gita.
★His influence extends across the entire range of contemporary philosophical topics.
★These range from metaphysics and epistemology to political philosophy and the philosophy of history.
★He is well known for his book the Science of Logic.
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