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________________ True unity by a more synthesi sed vision. True univer: it is. AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. things in themselves and not the universal of an abstraction from the particular and different elements but the unity which finds in them its own necessary expression ; not an invention of an arbitrary mind unifying things which are essentially different but an idea which expresses the inner dialectic which exists in and constitutes the being of the objects themselves. This deeper unity, we sality--what may designate as ideal or true unity or organic Universality. This Universality or Unity is presupposed by the divergent elements through which it manifests itself as the different limbs and function of an organism are mere expressions of a living unity of the organism which we may call "life" - Jiva (sila). They are its manifestations. Unity of life manifests itself in them and fulfils itself in their diversity and harmony ; consequently any limb of the organism loses its significance for which it stands when it is severed from the organism—the expression of the living unity of life. So in order to apprehend this unity correlativity and universality through your thought of the apprehen- what it is you must inseparably connect şion of unity. II2 Notion of essential to
SR No.007304
Book TitleEpitome of Jainism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
Author
PublisherZZZ Unknown
Publication Year
Total Pages860
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size53 MB
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