History seems to teach that the whole human race required a gradual education before, in the fullness of time, it could be admitted to the truths of … - Friedrich Max Müller

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History seems to teach that the whole human race required a gradual education before, in the fullness of time, it could be admitted to the truths of Christianity. All the fallacies of human reason had to be exhausted, before the light of a high truth could meet with ready acceptance. The ancient religions of the world were but the milk of nature, which was in due time to be succeeded by the bread of life.... The religion of Buddha has spread far beyond the limits of the Aryan world, and to our limited vision, it may seem to have retarded the advent of Christianity among a large portion of the human race. But in the sight of Him with whom a thousand years are but as one day, that religion, like the ancient religions of the world, may have but served to prepare the way of Christ, by helping through its very errors to strengthen and to deepen the ineradicable yearning of the human heart after the truth of God.

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About Friedrich Max Müller

Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900), more commonly known as Max Müller (or Mueller), was a German philologist and Orientalist, who was a major pioneer of the discipline of comparative religion.

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Native Name: Max Müller
Alternative Names: Rt. Hon. Friedrich Max Muller F. Max Müller Professor Friedrich Max-Muller F. M. M.
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The position which believers and unbelievers occupy with regard to their various forms of faith is very much the same all over the world. The difficulties which trouble us, have troubled the hearts and minds of men as far back as we can trace the beginnings of religious life. The great problems touching the relation of the Finite to the Infinite, of the human mind as the recipient, and of the Divine Spirit as the source of truth, are old problems indeed; and while watching their appearance in different countries, and their treatment under varying circumstances, we shall be able, I believe, to profit ourselves, both by the errors which others committed before us, and by the truth which they discovered. We shall know the rocks that threaten every religion in this changing and shifting world of ours, and having watched many a storm of religious controversy and many a shipwreck in distant seas, we shall face with greater calmness and prudence the troubled waters at home.

ऋचाओं में हम अभी भी प्रारम्भिक चरण को देख सकते हैं। हम देखते हैं कि आर्य कबीले भूमि पर अधिकार कर रहे हैं और इन्द्र तथा मरुतों जैसे युद्धप्रिय देवताओं के मार्गदर्शन में कृष्णवर्णीय आदिम जातियों से और परवर्ती आर्य उपनिवेशवादियों के आक्रमणों से अपने नए आवास स्थलों की रक्षा कर रहे हैं। किन्तु युद्ध का वह काल जल्दी ही खत्म हो गया और जब लोगों की एक बड़ी आबादी अपने घरों में बस गई तो जिसे हम जाति अर्थात छोटा आभिजात्य वर्ग कहते हैं उसका सैनिक और राजनीतिक पदों पर एकाधिकार हो गया और लोगों की अधिसंख्य आबादी अपने गाँवों के सँकरी परिधि के भीतर अपने दिन बिताकर सन्तुष्ट थी। यह अधिसंख्य आबादी बाहरी दुनिया से बहुत कम सरोकार रखती थी और बिना किसी विशेष परिश्रम से प्रकृति से जो उन्हें प्राप्त होता था उनसे यह सन्तुष्ट रहती थी।

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हम ग्रीकों और रोमनों को साहित्यिक लोगों के रूप में समझते हैं और इसमें सन्देह नहीं कि वे ऐसे थे, किन्तु यह हम जैसा समझते हैं उससे बिलकुल भिन्न अर्थ में था। हम जिन्हें ग्रीक और रोमन कहते हैं वे मुख्यत: एथेन्स और रोम के नागरिक थे और यहाँ भी जो प्लेटो के संवाद या होरेस के पत्र प्रस्तुत कर सकते थे या पढ़ सकते थे वह बौद्धिक आभिजात्यों का एक छोटा-सा वर्ग था। हम जिसे इतिहास कहते हैं — अतीत की स्मृति — वह हमेशा से ही अल्पसंख्यकों का काम रहा है। करोड़ों-करोड़ लोग बिना सुने गुजर जाते हैं और सिर्फ कुछ ही को वाणी और चिन्तन के संयोग का वरदान मिला है कि वे अतीत के साक्षी बन सकें।

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