Encyclopaedia Of Jainism

Author(s): P C Nahar, K C Ghosh
Publisher: Satguru Publications

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CHAPTER XIII. Theories of Evolution.
Theories of Evolution and Creation by External Agency-Spencerian Formulation of the Principle of Evolution-Difficulties in in Spencerian hypothesis.
183-190.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Sankhya Philosophy.
Sankhya principles of Evolution-Traceable in the 'Rigveda'-'Purush' and Prakriti-The Three 'Gunas' in their Equilibrium form 'Prakriti or the Root-Evolvent -Prakriti is the first Category-The Three other Categories-Inconsistency of the
Sankhya Hypothesis.
191-210.
CHAPTER XV.
Causation and Compound Evolution. The world is the permutation and combination of atoms-Causes of differences -Science fails to explain--The principles of causation-Criticism of Mill's conception of the law of causation-Patient and Agent -The Jain view of Causation and compound evolution.
211-156.