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The Impact of Indologists on Hegel's View of Indian Philosophy
De Schlegel learned Persian and Sanskrit and published a work on Indian language and wisdom. His brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, became the first German chair of Indology. Indologists influenced Hegel, who reviewed their work on Indian thought. Hegel believed that Indian philosophy was primitive and abstract compared to Greek philosophy.