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ANEKANT LOGIC.
Logic, as applied to our present subject, is not 8 term denoting formal laws of thought. It constitutes the essence of Jain philosophy, without an adequate conception of whose importance, it would be impossible to realise the place of Jainism in the great philosophical systems of the world and the contribution it has made to the progress of human thought. As will be indicated further on, Anekant Logic is the doctrine which means to examine the very foundations of knowledge and also to explain the ontological problems that have beset philosophical speculations in all times. The value that Jainism itself attaches to this basis of its philosophy may appear extravagant to any superficial observer. It is asserted by a great Jain Acharya that
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