Does Earth Really Rotate and Review of Earth Shape

Author(s): Abhaysagar
Publisher: Jambudvi Vignyan Research Centre

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Now-a-days science develops itself relying on the established principles. Severe struggle over investigations and experiments is going on but on the whole very little is known about the original form of an object. It requires endeavour of many years to know the original form of an -object hidden behind imagination, guess and inference. So Vignyan' is' distinguished knowledge. It is knowledge obtained through various investigations and experiments to make more clear and exact the original principles. It is, therefore, that the philosophers have regarded science and philosophy as compltements of each other to know well the external, and internal forms of objects.
Philosophy exactly unfolds the internal and external forms of any object.
Science without philosophy is lame. Philosophy without science is blind. Philosophy is the eye. Science is the lens. Philosophy is the soul. Sciens, is the body. Philosophy is the right foot. Science is the left foot. Philosophy is the eye.
Science is inference hands and feet.
In this way science lays bare the original form of things with the help of experiments using proper instruments. When science does not reach its proper stage, it depends on inference and imagination, and thus does not represent the definite form of things.
My affectionate appeal to all the learned persons assembled here on this occasion of Gandhiji's Birthday Centenary is as follows:
The modern age is called the age of science, but it is necessary to clarify the sciensific terminology. The way in which science is progressing, has made man more and more: restless, terrified and distressed. He also makes others more: restless, and distressed.
Manufacturing a bomb-shell powerful enough to destroy to ashes the whole mankind of six thousand millions within six seconds will lead mankind to terrrible violence only.
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