Paul Deussen

Paul Jakob Deussen (1845-1919) was a German philosopher, scholar and sanskritist. His books on Indian Philosophy are of high value, both from the character of their author and from their literary and scholarly excellence. Dr. Deussen was a thorough-going scholar, thoroughly trained and equipped, having a close and familiar knowledge of both Greek and modern philosophy as a preliminary to his study of the ancient texts and philosophic thought of India. He was a deep student of the philosophies of Schopenhauer and Kant, and founded the "Schopenhauer Society" in 1911. Thus, though he was, in a certain sense, a specialist in the study of Indian thought, he was a master of the whole field of philosophical thought and study. For many years and with high distinction he held the chair of philosophy at Kiel University.Dr. Deussen authored several original works of high value, including: [The System of the Vedanta], [The Philosophy of the Upanishads], "Vedânta und Platonismus im Lichte der Kantischen Philosophie" [Vedanta and Platonism in the light of the Kantian philosophy] and "Vedânta, Platon und Kant" [Vedanta, Plato and Kant]; and he produced two monumental works of translation, namely his "Sechzig Upanishad's des Veda" [Sixty Upanishads of the Vedas] and "Die Sûtra's des Vedânta oder die Çariraka-Mimansa des Badarayana nebst einem vollständigen Kommentare des Çankara" [The Sutras of the Vedanta or Çariraka-Mimansa of Badarayana together with the complete commentaries of Shankara].