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Anekanta : Philosophy of co-existence
The Basis of Personal Characteristics Every person has both individual and communal consciousness. Some thinkers give greater importance to be the individual, while others give greater importance to society. It violates the principle of harmony. We cannot assess an individual properly without paying attention to his/her personal qualities. There are seven bases of innate personal characteristics :
Physiology Heredity Thinking power of mind Soul's inclination or feelings Sensitivity Instinct
Knowledge or capacity to acquire. The Basis of Building a New Society The people who think merely of building a new society without taking into consideration the innate traits of an individual cannot accomplish their visions. If equal attention had been paid to individual innate characteristics in socialistic and communistic systems efforts at building a new society would have got a healthy basis. The basic principles essential for socialization are related to innate individual
characteristics.
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