Book Title: Jain Philosophy and Modern Science
Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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________________ 140 JAIN PHILOSOPHY & MODERN SCIENCE with a familiar shape, we know atonce the soul associated with the matter (karma) and having a shape. 430 4 "Residing in a body that which thinks that it Is not existing is itself the soul. No one except the soul can raise the doubt."31 In this way all theistic Indian philosophies whether whether Vedic, Buddha or Jain philosophy, each having its own independent views, on the subject of soul, become one on the point of rebirth. We have already seen in the preceding pages how theistic plulosophers have refuted materialists And to conclude all these arguments we can only say that materialistic views were never able to attain fullfledged philosophical status at any time in India. It is equally important to add at this stage without any exaggeration, that though there are different ideologies and philosophies, the whole Indian philosophy is one on the subject of rebirth of soul and ils eternal existence. Western Philosophics If we drift aside for the time being from the Indian philosophy and peep into Western philosophic thoughts, we find that there is a general support for the idea of the eternal existence of the soul Plato was one of the first philosophers in the 30 31 Visheshavashyak Bhasya Visheshavashyak Bhasya

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