Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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JAIN PHILOSOPHY & BIODERN SCIENCE
long nor short in relation to another; in a particular context short or long or equal line; the letter is' may be a letter of the alphabet from the point of view of the English language but of the same shape is a plata' or 'avagrah' sign in Sanskrit language The same thing is having two meanings from the viewpoints of two languages Syadwad is not merely a conjecture or an imaginary concept but an intelligible theory of every day life. Without understanding the essence of 'is' and 'is not', people have doubled it as a dubitable state of mind But when applied to real thinking this principle is as true as 2 plus 2 is equal to 4 Everything "is" from the relative angle of its own matter space, time and quality but is also 'is not from the angle of matter, space, time and quality of the other thing The curd and the buffalo are one as far as they are both material things but they are not the same as far as the curdness and the buffaloness is concerned Curd is eatable because of its curdness and not because it is a material thing All material things are not eatable Hence, it is absurd to bring the curd and the buffalo together in every context
The History of the criticism of the Theory of Relalinty is also equally interesting. Today the theory of Relativity is accepted by all as a perfect mathematical theory in the scientific world, and it 15 also believed that it is one of the greatest discoveries of tlus century and probably the "farthest reauli that