Alexander Piatigorsky
Philosopher, Deceased Person
1929 – 2009
Who was Alexander Piatigorsky?
Alexander Piatigorsky was a Russian philosopher, scholar of South Asian philosophy and culture, historian, philologist, semiotician, and writer. Well-versed in the study of language, he knew Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, Tibetan, German, Russian, French, Italian and English. In an obituary appearing in the English-language newspaper The Guardian, he was cited as "a man who was widely considered to be one of the more significant thinkers of the age and Russia's greatest philosopher." On Russian television stations he was mourned as "the greatest Russian philosopher."
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- Born
- Jan 30, 1929
Moscow - Also known as
- Пятигорский, Александр Моисеевич
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Employment
- Moscow State University
- Died
- Oct 25, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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