| Really, this is very strange. Albert Schweitzer has said that Indian philosophy is life-negating, but he has really misunderstood the whole thing. In his mind, when he says “Hindu philosophy,” he must have been referring to Mahavira and Buddha. But they are not really the main current, they are just rebellious children. Hindu philosophy is not life-negating. On the contrary, Albert Schweitzer is a Christian, deeply Christian, and Christian philosophy is life-negating! Hindu philosophy is one of the most affirmative... --Osho The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol. 1, ch. 9 |
Schweitzer, Albert
1875-1965 90 years
1875-1965 90 years
German Christian theologian, philosopher, doctor...
father was a pastor
held to liberal Christian views, spent much of his life as a
doctor in Gabon, Africa
Nobel Prize for Peace, 1952
his cousin was Jean-Paul Sartre's mother.
died in Africa at his clinic, buried there.
father was a pastor
held to liberal Christian views, spent much of his life as a
doctor in Gabon, Africa
Nobel Prize for Peace, 1952
his cousin was Jean-Paul Sartre's mother.
died in Africa at his clinic, buried there.
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