▁his ▁academ ics ▁course . ▁ ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁wrote ▁his ▁th esis ▁for ▁the ▁M . A . ▁degree ▁on ▁" The ▁Eth ics ▁of ▁the ▁V ed anta ▁and ▁its ▁Met aph ys ical ▁Pres upp os itions ". ▁It ▁" was ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁reply ▁to ▁the ▁charge ▁that ▁the ▁V ed anta ▁system ▁had ▁no ▁room ▁for ▁eth ics ." ▁Two ▁of ▁his ▁profess ors , ▁Rev . ▁William ▁M eston ▁and ▁Dr . ▁Alfred ▁George ▁Hog g , ▁comm ended ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ' s ▁dis sert ation . ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ' s ▁th esis ▁was ▁published ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁twenty . ▁According ▁to ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁himself , ▁the ▁criticism ▁of ▁Hog g ▁and ▁other ▁Christian ▁teachers ▁of ▁Indian ▁culture ▁" dist urbed ▁my ▁faith ▁and ▁shook ▁the ▁traditional ▁props ▁on ▁which ▁I ▁lean ed ." ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁himself ▁describes ▁how , ▁as ▁a ▁student , ▁ ▁This ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁his ▁critical ▁study ▁of ▁Indian ▁philosophy ▁and ▁religion ▁and ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁defence ▁of ▁H indu ism ▁against ▁" un in formed ▁Western ▁criticism ". ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁comm ended ▁Professor ▁Hog g ▁as ▁' My ▁distinguished ▁teacher ,' ▁and ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁Christian ▁think ers ▁we ▁had ▁in ▁India .' ▁Besides , ▁Professor ▁William ▁Sk inner , ▁who ▁was ▁acting ▁Princi pal ▁of ▁the