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son as well as the father. In relation to his son he is the father whereas in relation to his father he is the son In this way we find that the theory of the unity of opposites is not at all new to Indians; nor is it a new invention by Marx. For hundreds and thousands of years Indian philosophers have been probing into this subject with their sharp intellect and intelligence And now we come to a critical study of 'Qualitative Transformation.
Qualitative Transformation
It was a great mistake on the part of the Dialectical Materialists that they attached to Qualitative transformation the meaning that, 'that which was not, was originated'. They arrived at this conclusion by examining the conditional and natural transformation. But the Indian Philosophers, thousands of years ago, had even further examined and investigated the everchanging nature of the universe. Jain philosophers had shown that the substance has three characteristics" "Utpad Vyaya Dhraoya Yuktama sat", in other words a substance is that which is capable of continuous existence through the changes of origination and cessation. In every object there is cessation of old mode, origination of the new mode and permanence of its substance They said: "Anant dharmatmakam vastu". In other words that, every substance is found to possess innumerable qualities and modes Amongst them the older ones decay and new ones originate while at the same time the substance is
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