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Philosophy of Dr. Radhakrishnan
Introduction
Born on September 5, 1888, at a small place of Tirutani forty miles of the north-west of Madras, Radhakrishnan spent his early life at Tirutani and Tirupati, the two famous places of pilgrimage. Probably, due to this influence of his early age, he was naturally attracted towards religion. Rather, he admits himself that since then he developed a firm faith in the reality of an unseen world, a faith which was never shaken. He had his college and school education in Christian Missionary institutions. During this period he came to be acquainted with the main teachings of Christianity and also with the critical remarks of the christian missionaries on the Hindu ways of life. That led him to study Hindu scriptures. His carly religious orientation was the result of all these influences and impressions.
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In 1909, he was appointed a teacher of Philosophy in Madras Presidency College and then his academic activities started. 1918, he was appointed a Professor of Philosophy in the new University of Mysore. That gave him an opportunity to study Western Philosophy. In 1921, he was appointed to the most important chair of Philosophy in India, the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy in the University of Calcutta. He was invited to Oxford in 1926 to deliver lectures on Hindu view of life. Thereafter lecture assignments from
