Brajendra Nath Seal
a disenchanted Hegelian
pp. 81-101
in: Sharad Deshpande (ed), Philosophy in colonial India, Berlin, Springer, 2015Abstract
Brajendra Nath Seal, one of the greatest savants of the nineteenth/twentieth century Bengal, set on his philosophical journey following in the footprints of Hegel. However, he discovered the flaws and biases in the Hegelian system of thought quite early. Having imbibed the wisdom of the East and the West, he developed his own philosophy characterized by syncretism, internationalism and interdisciplinarity. He drew the attention of the Western world to the scientific temper of the Indian mind garnering evidence from the ancient Indian philosophical treatises. He was the architect of the subject "Indian philosophy" as we study it today. His philosophy of education and academic administration are still relevant.
