Paul Deussen

German philosopher and Indian philosopher. Professor of philosophy at the University of Kiel. He studied Greek classics with Nietzsche, and later studied Kant, and was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer's philosophy of "will". He devoted his life to the study of Indian philosophy and philology, which was just beginning to emerge at the time, publishing a series of outstanding works and building the foundations of European Indian studies. In particular, his works such as "The Sixty Upanishads" and "Philosophical Poetry of the Mahabharata" are still widely read today. He also completed two volumes of "History of General Philosophy" (1894-1917), the first of which covers Indian philosophy in three parts and Western philosophy in three parts in the second volume, making him the first person in the world to pioneer comparative thought.

[Mitsunori Saegusa March 19, 2015]

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ドイツの哲学者、インド哲学者。キール大学哲学科教授。ニーチェとともにギリシア古典を学び、のちカント研究を経て、ショーペンハウアーの「意志」の哲学から大きな影響を受ける。やがて当時勃興(ぼっこう)し始めたインド哲学・文献学研究に生涯を捧(ささ)げて、卓越した諸業績を次々と公刊し、ヨーロッパのインド学研究の基礎を築いた。とくに『ウパニシャッド六十篇(ぺん)』『マハーバーラタの哲学詩』などは、今日も広く読まれる。さらに『一般哲学史』2巻（1894～1917）を完成、この第1巻3部はインド哲学、第2巻3部は西洋哲学の全般にわたり、比較思想を世界で最初に開拓した。

［三枝充悳　2015年3月19日］

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