Schlegel and the Beginning of Comparative Linguistics in Europe

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10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.223How to use a DOI?

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Schle; comparative linguistic; Schopenhauer; Oriental Renaissance; India; philosophy; religion; spirituality; Europe

Abstract

Schlegel is one of the most famous thinkers and writers of the 19th century in Germany. This period was interesting because of the spiritual situation which Europe was in and which could be characterized as crisis. It was evident for many outstanding people of that time who tried to find a way out of that. Such way out many of them saw in ancient philosophical and religious thought of India. This cultural phenomenon is known also as Oriental Renaissance. Schlegel was one of the thinkers who represent that. He tried not only to find similarities between European and Indian philosophical thought, religion and culture, but supposed that India was the mother of European spirituality as such. He found a proof to that also in languages. That was the main reason of Schlegel’s interest to linguistics. He had a great scientific success in this field of knowledge. In fact he created and developed the concept of linguistic affinity and was the first thinker who tried to build foundations of comparative linguistics as science.

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