Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan vs. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1888 – 1975
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1939 to 1948 and the vice-chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936.
"We must respect our own dignity as rational beings and thus diminish the power of fraud. It is better to be free than be a slave, better to know than to be igno…"
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1845 – 1925
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austro-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.
"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."
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