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is discernible in the processes of analysis and synthesis. Just as analysis and synthesis are not opposed processes but complement one another to enablc a meaningful philosophical position to emerge, the attitudes of acceptance and rejection too need not be looked down upon as diametrically opposed procedures. They should rather bc looked up to for arriving at a balanced picture of Reality by adopting the critical method in a creative-construc
tive way. 16. See infra., p. 58. 17. Op. Cit., Vol. II, p. 302. 18. Op. cit., Vol. I, pp. 178-179. 19. An Introduction to Indian Philosophy, Calculta : University of
Calcutta, 1963 (first published, 1939), p. 84. 20. Ibid. 21. Syadvādamanjari, llemacandra's commentary, p. 166.
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