There will be and can be no rest till we admit, what cannot be denied, that there is in man a third faculty, which I call simply the faculty of appre… - Friedrich Max Müller

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There will be and can be no rest till we admit, what cannot be denied, that there is in man a third faculty, which I call simply the faculty of apprehending the Infinite, not only in religion, but in all things; a power independent of sense and reason, a power in a certain sense contradicted by sense and reason; but yet, I suppose, a very real power, if we see how it has held its own from the beginning of the world — how neither sense nor reason has been able to overcome it, while it alone is able to overcome both reason and sense.

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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. Friedrich Maximilian Müller Max Muller
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गम्भीर अध्येताओं ने इन रचनाओं को शीघ्र दरकिनार कर दिया था। इन्हें सुन्दर और आकर्षक कहे जाने के दावे को खुशी से स्वीकार करते हुए भी संस्कृत साहित्य को वैश्विक-साहित्यों के बीच ग्रीक, लेटिन, इटालियन, फ्रेंच, इंगलिश या जर्मन साहित्य के बाजू में स्थान देने की नहीं सोच पाए।

दार्शनिक संकेतों की चिन्ता करता है, धर्म, समारोह, परम्परा और समय पर आधारित पारिवारिक जीवन, ग्रामीण जीवन, राज्य जीवन को नियमित करने के पहले प्रयासों के लिए चिन्ता करता है,

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If I live for one purpose it is for this, that I will preach the union of Eastern and Western philosophy, the reconciliation of Europe and Asia. The idea may seem absurd to many in the present age. It may provoke ridicule and angry reviling. But posterity will prove a better judge.

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