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ESSENCE OF SOUL
141 western part of the world and he has observed that "All the substances of this universe are dialectical, and so death after life and life after death is inevitable "32 (History of Western Philosophy) Similarly other important and known philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle etc had staunch faith in the theory or rebirth Some western philosophers like Hegel have emphasised atheism also but according to philosophical traditions theism has always been considered superior in other western countries as in India.
Science and Soul
Bacon is considered to be the father of modern science He determined the scientific definitions as different from philosophical ones 33 As they were tangible and could be experimented upon people were enacted to the modern definitions of science. People started feeling that it is more respectable to be scientists than to be philosophers and the belief started growing that the era of philosophical age is out of date and that the era of scientific age has come and started developing.
Scientists tested the problem of soul and rebirth on the touchstone of science in the same manner in which they had tested other questions and problems. They explored subject like the origin of the universe and the origin of life. They came to the conclusion
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Pashchatya Darshana Ka Itihas Pashchatya Darshans ka. Itihas
