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'''Sisir Kumar Maitra''' (born 19 January 1887, [[Calcutta]], India, died 1963) was Head of the Department of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, [[Banaras Hindu University]]. His writings compared [[Eastern philosophy|Eastern]] and [[Western philosophy]], and the teachings of Sri Aurobindo in comparison with [[Western philosophers]].

==Life==
Maitra was born into a Brahmin{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} family, and as his father - who served as a Professor of English literature at the Dacca, [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency]] and [[Ravenshaw College]]s - was very liberal in his views on social and religious matters, young Sisir was brought up free from social and religious orthodoxy. Maitra snr was also a great admirer of [[Rabindranath Tagore]], and this was part of the intellectual atmosphere in which Sisir and his siblings lived.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

In his college days he was for a short time a great admirer of [[Hegel]]. His faith in the supremacy of reason was shaken by the philosophy of [[Henri Bergson]], to which he devoted several years of study. Later he discovered [[Sri Aurobindo]], and in a number of books and essays helped popularise the vision of Sri Aurobindo among philosophical circles both in India and abroad, writing strictly from an academic philosophical point of view. The other philosopher who made a large influence on his mature thought was [[Nicolai Hartmann]].{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

==Bibliography==

===List of books and some articles===
* ''The Neo-Romantic Movement in Contemporary Philosophy'', Book Company, Ltd., Calcutta, 1922
* "Outlines of an Emergent Theory of Values" in ''Contemporary Indian Philosophy'', Ed. By S. Radhakrishnan and J.H. Muirhead, GA&UL- 1936/1958
* "The spiritual life and its realization", ''Calcutta Review'' no. 62, 1937, 65-71
* "Philosophy and life", ''[[Prabuddha Bharata]]'' (Calcutta), no. 43, 1938, 235-237
* "The philosophy of Sri Aurobindo", ''[[Prabuddha Bharata]]'' (Calcutta), no. 46, 1941: 113, 210, 261
* ''The Cosmic Significance of Karma in the Bhagavadgita'' ''[[Prabuddha Bharata]]'', no. 44 February 1939, 60-71
* ''An Introduction to the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo'', First edition 1941 (''[[Prabuddha Bharata]]'', March). Calcutta 1941
* "Sri Aurobindo's conception of intuition", ''[[Prabuddha Bharata]]'' (Calcutta), no.47, 1942, 332 ff.
* "Self-effort of grace", ''[[Vedanta Kesari]]'' (Madras) no. 31, 1944–45, 8 ff.
* ''Studies in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy'', [[Banaras Hindu University]], Banaras 1945
* The Nature and Function of Thought in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy. ''[[The Advent (journal)|The Advent]]'' November 1945 (or, Mitra?)
* ''The Spirit of Indian Philosophy''. ''[[Prabuddha Bharata]]'' (Calcutta), no. 51, 1946, 258-268; Banaras 1947
* ''Meeting of East and West in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy'', [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]] Pondicherry, 1956
* ''Sri Auroboindo and the New World''. Pondicherry 1957
* "Sri Aurobindo and Spengler: comparison between the integral and the pluralistic philosophies of history", in [[Haridas Chaudhuri|H. Chaudhuri]] and [[Frederic Spiegelberg|F. Spiegelberg]] (eds.), ''The Integral Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo''. George Allen & Unwin, London 1960; pp. 192–204
*The Shape of Things to Come as Envisaged by Sri Aurobindo. ''Loving Homage'' [[Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir]] [[Kolkata]] 1958
*Grace and Self-effort in the Upanishads. [[Mother India]] Apr-May 1962
*Sri Aurobindo and the Message of the Buddha. ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1965

===''Meeting of East and West in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy''===
This work is a comprehensive introduction to Sri Aurobindo's philosophy in the context of mainstream academia. In contrast to other students of Sri Aurobindo, Maitra argues that western [[philosophy|philosophical thought]] is essential if one is to understand the voluminous writings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.

:'''Contents:'''
:1. The Meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy (first appeared in ''[[The Advent (journal)|The Advent]]'' November 1951, February, April, and August 1952)
:2. Sri Aurobindo and [[Bergson]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1942)
:3. Sri Aurobindo and the [[Problem of Evil]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1944)
:4. Is Sri Aurobindo a Mystic? (first appeared in ''[[The Advent (journal)|The Advent]]'' August 1946)
:5. Sri Aurobindo and [[Plotinus]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1947)
:6. Sri Aurobindo and [[Nicolai Hartmann]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1945)
:7. Sri Aurobindo and [[Hegel]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1946)
:8. Sri Aurobindo and [[Plato]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1950)
:9. Sri Aurobindo's Vision of the Future (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1951)
:10. Sri Aurobindo and [[Goethe]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1952)
:11. Sri Aurobindo and [[Alfred North Whitehead|Whitehead]] (first appeared in ''[[Sri Aurobindo Mandir Annual|Sri Aurobindo Mandir]]'' 1955)

==References==
* [[Dagobert David Runes]], ''Who's who in Philosophy'', [[Philosophical Library]], 1942, Page 163
* [http://faculty.washington.edu/kpotter/ckeyt/h.htm Bibliography listing of Literature on Hinduism] at the [[University of Washington]].

==External links==
* [http://feelphilosophy.blogspot.com/2005/10/skmaitra.html Extract] of his intellectual autobiography contained in the article, "Emerging Theory of Values".
* Extract from ''Meeting of East and West in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy'' at [http://feelphilosophy.blogspot.com/2005/09/skmaitra.html] and [http://feelphilosophy.blogspot.com/2005/09/skmaitra_12.html]

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