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॥ अहम् ॥ ॥ नमोऽस्तु श्रमणाय भगवते महावीराय ॥ जै न सा हि त्य सं शोध क
'पुरिसा! सच्चमेव समभिजाणाहि । सच्चस्साणाए उवहिए मेहावी मारं तरइ ।' 'जे एगं जाणइ से सव्वं जाणइ जे सत्वं जाणइ से एगं जाणइ ।' 'दिलं, सुयं, मयं, विण्णावं जं एत्थ परिकहिजइ ।'
-निर्ग्रन्थप्रवचन-आचारांगसूत्र ।
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LOGIC FOR THE MASSES.
By C. R. JAINA, Bar-at-Low.
This little article owes its existence to my growing conviction that the real cause of India's downfall has been the disappearance of what might be termed the scientific or logical turn of mind from her people. How to restore this logical tendency to the Indian mind speedily and in a simple manner naturally flowed from such a conviction. The solution of this troublesome problem has at last been found in the Jaina nyaya upon which this inonogram is grounded. May it fulfil its great purpose, will, I doubt not, be the heartfelt wish of every true patriot.
C. R. JAIN.]
FOREWORD.
Reader,
Has it ever occurred to you to find out why a simple rustic who knows nothing of the three Rs and who is most certainly innocent of all pretensions to logic immediately infers the presence of fire at the sight of smoke? How do
