Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

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Fragment ID: 8328

Philosophical Theft [1]

Radhakrishnan, in his lecture published in the Hindu,¹ has stolen not only most of your ideas but has actually lifted several sentences en masse. I wonder how such piracy in philosophical literature passes unchastised. I am thinking either of writing to him deploring the theft or informing the Hindu.

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!

24 July 1936

¹ “World Fellowship through Faith... Sir S. Radhakrishnan’s Address”, The Hindu, 20 July 1936.

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