Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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JAIN PHILOSOPHY & BIODERX SCIENCE This seems to be a prejudice which great - thinkers like Shri Radhakrishnan have formed. "The
Theory of Relativity may inspire him to think again and change his views about Syadwad.
While he feels that the hypothesis of absolute is unavoidable, the Theory of Relativity maintains that ithe absolute is merely a mental creation When "we try to super-impose the absolute on natural objects and rules, not only we leave the ground of the material reality and soar 11 the abstract skies but we also fall a victim to false concepts But it is true that relativity does not accept the absolute existence of anything. But to say that it negates the existence altogether is to go beyond its limits After all why one has to believe in Relativity? It is simply because the non-absolute nature of things compels us to do so Thus, the Theory of Relativity fully falls in line with ani S11 ports Syadwad. Even before Theory of Relatulvty Syadwad had in itself such self-sufficiency that the logic of Radhakrishnan cannot weaken it "When Syadwad itself takes for granted that there ?
no absolute truth in the world, why should the love .for such an absolute truth be so constant in our mind Dharmakırtı says that "if the things themselves prefer to have a non-absolute nature who are we to declare them as non-relative and absolute ? Pro
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Vishya ka Ruprekha p 57-58. Pramanyartika 2-209.