Frederick William Thomas (philologist)
English philologist
Frederick William Thomas CIE FBA (21 March 1867 – 6 May 1956), usually cited as F. W. Thomas, was an English Indologist and Tibetologist.
Quotes
edit- What gives to the Upanishads their unique quality and unfailing human appeal is an earnest sincerity of tone, as of friends conferring upon matters of deep concern.
- F. W. Thomas, in The Legacy of India
- Hinduism is one of the greatest assimilants that the world has known... It is infinitely absorbent like the ocean.
- Attributed/Quoted in The Discovery of India - By Jawaharlal Nehru p. 90 and The Mutual Influence of Mohammedans and Hindus - by F W Thomas
