Anquetil-Duperron

Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805), full name Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, was brother of Louis Pierre Anquetil, and an enthusiastic Orientalist, to whom we owe the discovery and first translation of the Zend-Avesta and Schopenhauer his knowledge of Hindu philosophy, and which influenced his own system so much.

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Anrit, ANS, Ansari, Ansbach, Anschluss