Book Title: Jain Hitechhu 1918 05
Author(s): Vadilal Motilal Shah
Publisher: Vadilal Motilal Shah

View full book text
Previous | Next

Page 184
________________ જૈનહિતg. Let us now set about a more thorough investigation of the matter. Egoism is so deeply rooted a quality of all individuals in general,. that in order to rouse the activity of an individual being egoistical ends are the only ones upon which we can count with certainty. Certa. inly the species has an earlier, closer, and greater claim upon the individual than the perishable individuality itself. Yet when the individual has to act, and even make sacrificesfor the continuance and quality of the species the importance of the matter cannot be made. so comprehensible to his intellect, which is calculated merely with regard to individual ends, as to have its proportionate effect. Therefore in such a case nature can only attain its ends by implanting a certain illusion in the individual on account of which that which is only a good for the species appears to him as a good for himself, so that when he serves the species he imagines he is serving himself; in which process a mere chimera, which vanishes, inmediately afterwards, floats before him, and takes the place of a real thing as a motive. This illusion is instinct. 22 Nar દુનિયાનું સ્વરૂપ એળખવા માટે subjective અને objec tive એવા એ માર્ગ છે:(1)આત્મામાંથી જગત તરફ અને (૨)જગતને શ્વેત હેતાં આત્મા તરફ, એમ એ રીતે નજર કરવાથી જગત્ નું ખરું રહસ્ય મજી શકાય છે. શાપનહેાર એ બન્ને રીતે જુએ છે અને અને જે કાંઈ જણાય છે તે "The world as will and Idea નામના મહાગ્રંથમાં વર્ણવે છે. તે, એક એવું તત્ત્વ કે જેમાંથી સર્વ phenomena પન્ન થાય જગત્ નું મૂ 25

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306