21 Facts About Edward Conze

Edward Conze, born Eberhard Julius Dietrich Conze was a scholar of Marxism and Buddhism, known primarily for his commentaries and translations of the Prajnaparamita literature.

Edward Conze was born in London while his father was Vice Consul and thus entitled to British citizenship.

Edward Conze did post-graduate work at several German universities and in 1932 he published Der Satz vom Widerspruch which he considered his master work.

In England, Edward Conze taught German, philosophy, and psychology at evening classes, and later lectured on Buddhism and Prajnaparamita at various universities.

Edward Conze continued as a socialist political activist, writing several pamphlets.

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Edward Conze worked with Cedar and Eden Paul on the revised ninth edition of the book An Outline of Psychology, published by the National Council of Labour Colleges in 1938.

Edward Conze spent a brief period in the New Forest pursuing meditation and an ascetic lifestyle .

Edward Conze continued to work on these texts for the rest of his life.

Edward Conze was married twice: to Dorothea Finkelstein and to Muriel Green.

In 1979 Edward Conze self-published two volumes of memoirs entitled Memoirs of a Modern Gnostic.

Edward Conze produced a third volume which contained material considered to be too inflammatory or libelous to publish while the subjects were alive.

Edward Conze was educated in several German Universities and showed a propensity for languages.

Edward Conze claimed that by twenty-four, he knew fourteen languages.

Edward Conze made his name for his editions and translations of Sanskrit texts of the Buddhist Prajnaparamita literature.

Edward Conze published translations of all the principal texts of the genre, including the Astasahasrika, Ratnagunasamcayagatha, Pancavimsatisahasrika, Vajracchedika, and Prajnaparamitahrdaya.

Glance at a complete bibliography of Edward Conze's oeuvre confirms that he was a man of industry and focus.

Edward Conze valued authentic learning, serious scholarship and the exchange of ideas, yet he could sit for hours casting horoscopes, reading palms and expostulating with the ancient mysteries.

Edward Conze was a self-confessed elitist, which is usually something people are ashamed of nowadays, but he wasn't ashamed of it at all.

Dr Edward Conze was one of the great Buddhist translators, comparable with the indefatigable Chinese translators Kumarajiva and Hsuan-tsang of the fifth and seventh centuries respectively.

Edward Conze's work is extensively cited in the Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism article on “Prajnaparamita Sutras” as indispensable for the study of this genre.

The author, Stefano Zacchetti, while by no means uncritical, states that “Edward Conze's work represents a considerable achievement and provides a convenient introduction to this immense literature.