Paul Thieme
Paul Thieme | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 March 1905 |
| Died | 24 April 2001 (aged 96) London, England |
| Awards | Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (1988) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | History of philosophy |
| Main interests | Indian philosophy Comparative linguistics |
Paul Thieme (German: [paʊl ˈtiːmə]; 18 March 1905 – 24 April 2001) was a German Indologist and scholar of Vedic Sanskrit. In 1988 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".