Karl Friedrich Köppen

Karl Friedrich Köppen (26 April 1808 – 26 April 1863) was a German teacher and political journalist. He was one of the Young Hegelians. Quotes Koeppen’s Buddha was a revolutionary; indeed, the author argues: “‘There is really no question that if the Indian people had not already been completely stripped of their religion and robbed of all courage and zeal for life by theological-priestly vampirism and earthly despotism, the call of liberation and the preaching of the equality of all men which Cakjamuni [Buddha] unleashed would necessarily have led to a rebellion of the lowest classes just as Luther’s preaching of Christian freedom [led to] the peasant revolts.” Suzanne L. Marchand - German Orientalism in the Age of Empire. Religion, Race, and Scholarship-Cambridge University Press (2009 ...the days of intellectual charlatanry in Europe seem to be numbered. Suzanne L. Marchand - German Orientalism in the Age of Empire. Religion, Race, and Scholarship-Cambridge University Press (2009 Human religiosity can go far astray, when it is [articulated in the form of] a church. Koeppen, Carl Friedrich. Die Religion des Buddha; vol. 1 (Berlin, 1859). page 533. Quoted in Suzanne L. Marchand - German Orientalism in the Age of Empire. Religion, Race, and Scholarship-Cambridge University Press (2009 External links Category:1808 births Category:1863 deaths Category:Philosophers from Germany Category: Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Category:Journalists from Germany Category:Educators from Germany