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JAINISM more kinds of tacit expressions implied by the one positive statement. The innumerable qualities of a thing cannot all be predicated in one statement, but they are all implied by any statement which predicates one of the qualities of a thing.
CAUSATION
To repeat the words of Mr. V. R. Gandhi, when the struggle for existence is followed by its enjoyment, man may begin to engage himself in reflection. Reflection is the moving spirit of philosophy. Early philosophical reflection engages itself with searching for the origin of the world; and it attempts to formulate the law of causation. After a certain amount of analytical thought, many stop by postulating some one being, or some one homogeneous substance and call it the cause or origin of the world. In these early attempts at philosophy, then, we see two attitudes towards reality. The first attitude is seen to be the assumption that the world had an origin; the second attitude towards reality is seen to be the assumption that the one being or primal substance had no origin; for these early philosophies give no cause or origin for this onc being or for this primal substance.*
By further philosophical reflection it is seen that both these attitudes may rightly be taken towards reality, but in a different sense. Mature philosophy does not apply one attitude to the present world only, and the other attitude only to a substance or to a being postulated as the original or first cause; but it recognizes that both attitudes
* See Asiatic Quarterly Review, July 1900, page 141 f. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 001646 |
| Book Title | Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Herbert Warren |
| Publisher | Divine Knowledge Society |
| Publication Year | 1966 |
| Total Pages | 135 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy |
| File Size | 6 MB |