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Friedrich Max Müller (1823-1900)
• The first real comparativist of religion, myth and one of the first comparative linguists;
• The first Anglophone scholar of the religions of India;• He had a ‘theory’ about religion and myth;• He had a ‘method’ -- or technique -- for comparing
religions, too, based on comparative historical linguistics ;• Editor, 50 volume Sacred Books of the East, anthologizing
the scriptures of all the world’s religions – except Judaism and Christianity (!)
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Soulful, Young Romantic
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Dreamy, Pastoral Dessau:The bucolic paradise of Max’s youth
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After Dessau: 19th Century’s “Dark Satanic Mills”
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Also, Max’s Germany Was in Disarray
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Modern Society: Progress or Regress?Evolution or Devolution?
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A Parenthesis in ‘History’:The Sleepy, Tory Oxford of Max’s Maturity:
Scholarship, Privilege & Censorship: SBE – 2 = 50
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Psst….. Can You Find the Bible?
Max’s Life’s WorkHis 50 Volume Sacred Books of the East
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Old Perfesser or Old Radical?Looked Anglo Tory; Was German Liberal
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Office hours with ProfessorMax:Looks innocent, But, was he?
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A Christian? But, What Kind?
Like Spinoza was Jewish? Or, as Calvin was orthodox?
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How Did He Respond to a Bigger World?
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Max’s First Answer Was Language (Confused with Race)
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Oh, Yeah:That “Aryan” Thing
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Then, He Asked: Who Are We (Westerners)? Where Did We Come From?
(We Came from India!)
The Families of Humankind“Our” Indo-Aryan Family
(Aryans, not a race)
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But, Our Indo-European Language Family Has Changed
Our Big, Fat I-E Family Some Cousins and Aunties
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How Does Religion Come In? It Comes In When We Compare
Us or Them? Them or Us?
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Max Compared Religions Like He Did Languages
From where? And what shape? How old, how new?
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“Our Pitr Who Art in Heaven….”
• Max observed the likenesses among the words for “God” or “father” in I-E languages
• √*deiw = “to shine” = original Indo-European• Dyaus , deva, devi(Skt) pitr• Zeus (Grk) pateras• Deus (Lat) ‘divinitas’ pater, Jupiter• Tiwas (Ger) → Tuesday (Eng) Vater• Tiu (Eng) deity, divine, Diana father• Dios (Sp) padre• Dieu (Fr) pere• Dy’eea (Gaelic) athair
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Max’s (Really, Really) Big Picture:Overall, He Thought Religions Were
in Decline from a Paradisaical State (like Dessau)
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The Cauldron of Gundestrup (Denmark): Tells of a Noble Past
A ‘High Tech’ and Artistic Pot (But, what’s (who’s) for supper?)
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But, Max’s Critics Saw Our Past as Savage
E.g. for whom do we feast? And, who’s dying to come?
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But, Max Held Out Hope for a Return to Paradise
Experiencing pure unity Immersion in Nature