Book Title: Applied Philosophy of Anekanta
Author(s): Shashiprajna Samni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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________________ experience, that when we walk, if the left foot is in front automatically the right will be behind, by this constant process of the two legs, one going forward and one going backward, actual motion occurs. If a person tries to keep both his legs in front, then it is obvious he will fall down. So the practical application of anekānta even in motion can be observed in each step of our life.' 4.2 Knowledge Based on Spatio-temporal is Relative The entire knowledge of a thing at a particular spatiotemporal locus is conditional and relative to the circumstance.? The eminent philosopher Radhakrishnan' translates syādvāda, as the theory of relativity. Moreover he says, 'the theory of relativity cannot be logically sustained without the hypothesis of an absolute. The fact that we are conscious of our relativity means that, we have to reach out to a fuller conception. It is from that higher absolute point of view that the lower relative ones can be explained.' The founder of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein explained his relativity through an interesting story. Mrs. Einstein didn't understand her husband's theories. One day she asked, "What shall I say is relativity?”. The thinker replied with an unexpected parable, “When a man talks to a pretty girl for an hour, it seems to him only a minute, but let him sit on a hot stove for only a minute and it is longer than an hour that is relativity.” Anything bound by time and space, cannot be independent. Both are connected to our events. This is so because no event can be explained without time and space. We Mahāprajña. Jain Darśana: Manana Aur Mimāṁsā. op.cit., p. 278. ? Mahāvīrarāj Gelara. Sceince in Jainism. Ladnun: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, 2002, p. 17. 3 Radhakrishnan. Indian Philosophy. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1966, Vol.-I, pp. 305-306. 97

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