"Top Five" Philosophy Works

[george9252]

I think I agree that Radhakrishnan was not much of a "creative" or
groundbreaking philosopher.  However, he did produce much valuable
scholarship.  Very few politicians produce works like INDIAN PHILOSOPHY, THE
PRINCIPAL UPANISHADS, AN IDEALIST VIEW OF LIFE, etc., etc.  In addition to
his work as a politician, he also did much good as an historian of
philosophy and as a commentator on and interpreter of philosophical
traditions.

George Cronk

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos at BIGFOOT.DE>
To: <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: "Top Five" Philosophy Works


> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 02:13:56 -0600, Burt Thorp wrote:
>
> >  Radhakrishnan was a good writer, but I never could tell what advances
he
> > made on traditional Vedanta.
>
> If you glance at what Paul Hacker has had to say about
> Radhakrishnan (see a few articles in his _Kleine Schriften_), you'll
> see that in popular imagination R. is severely overrated. He was more
> a politician than a philosopher.
>
> RZ