Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Müller was instrumental in editing and translating into English some of the most ancient and revered religious and philosophical texts of Like many of his contemporaries, Müller believed that genuine understanding of various aspects of life, including religion, required knowledge of their origins. If they were called Even during Müller’s lifetime his ideas were strongly contested by scholars of religions. A contemporary theologian and Orientalist, R.F. In his view, human beings first encountered the It was to such objects that the hymns of the Rigveda were addressed.
He began with words and their meanings and sought to show how the idea of gods eventually emerged from them.
His Müller’s account of that process was largely lexicographical.
Accordingly, he expected the As a philologist, Müller was critical of contemporaries who sought to identify the origins of religion through ethnography.
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MAX MÜLLER.
Professor of Religious Studies, McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland.
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Max Müller, in full Friedrich Max Müller, (born Dec. 6, 1823, Dessau, duchy of Anhalt [Germany]—died Oct. 28, 1900, Oxford, Eng. Infos unter www.kkdross.at. Info.
Konzert von Max Müller im Kulturkreis Droß. They found his reliance upon the Rigveda in studying the origin of religions unwarranted and his naturalizing interpretations of mythology strained. In fact, Müller claimed that, although these natural phenomena provided genuine intimations of the Infinite, they were not originally regarded as gods. Das Goethe-Institut ist das weltweit tätige Kulturinstitut der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und liefert ein umfassendes Deutschlandbild.
Littledale, suggested that Müller, who had risen in the east (Germany) and come to the west (England) to bring illumination, was himself a solar
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Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. ), German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology.Müller’s special areas of interest were Sanskrit philology and the religions of India.. Life and chief works.
If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. These hymns were neither polytheistic nor monotheistic but henotheistic (involving worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods): they addressed one object at a time, but they never claimed that it was the only true God.