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interrelated subjects. Whenever we study or read any work or paper concerning Indian Philosophical topics, we must keep this in our mind. In this short foreword, it is not possible to analyze each paper in detail but merit and significance of these papers can be highlighted.
The paper on “Logos in Philosophy, Religion and Science”, is devoted to explore the very important concept of 'Logos' in Philosophy and Theology in Greek Philosophy, Mystical Philosophies of the East and in modern Physics. Mystic philosophy of the East upholds the holistic view of the universe, in which everything is interconnected and interdependent. Surprisingly, modem physics, by method of observation and experiments, is coming to the same conclusion. The paper "Philosophy and Medicine-the Indian Standpoint", as the title suggests, discusses the intimate relation between Philosophy and Indian Medical Science viz., Ayurveda. The author gives the brief History of ancient and modern medicine in this paper. Ayurveda (Indian Medical Science) deals with all the phases of Physiological and Psychological illness. It strives for the betterment of physical and psychological health. It is closely related to Yoga and spirituality. In the third paper “Freedom, Obligations and Rights: A Jain Perspective”, the author has tried to bring out different approaches of Western Philosophy and Indian philosophy in general, and especially Jain Philosophy in particular about conceptions of Freedom, Obligations and Rights. From the Western Philosophical point of view, Obligations and Rights are very closely linked with freedom. From the point of view of Indian Philosophy, spiritual aspect of the individual soul is the central point and without understanding this aspect, these concepts can not be understood in the Jain context also. This important aspect is thoroughly discussed in this paper. The concept of beauty is a very important concept in Indian and Western Philosophy. It has played very important role in human history. The learned author in his paper on 'Role of Beauty as a Value in
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