Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

SABCL 26

Fragment ID: 8056

Q: X in his lecture published in “The Hindu” has stolen not only most of your ideas but has actually lifted several sentences en masse. It seems he is well-known in this profession. But I wonder how such piracy in philosophical literature passes unchastised. I am thinking either of writing to him deploring the theft or of informing “The Hindu”.

A: I don’t think it is worth while doing anything. The thefts are obvious but if he wants to add some peacock plumes to his dun colours!

23-7-1936