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A SOURCB-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
Copernican revolution in philosophy and later philosophers like Bradley built a structure of the idealistic philosophy. Recent philosophy has gone off the taagent with logical positives and the anlaystical schools.
in ARABIAN PHILOSOPHY
Arabic philosophy can be considered to have started with prophet Mohamed. Before the birth of Hazarat Mohamed, there were three different deities : 1. Lāt 2. Lajjā and 3. Manāt. There were three religious currents at that time. The Jews were the followers of Moses. The Christians were the followers of Jesus. These two religions were infact outside religions influencing the Arabic world. These religions were not indigenous to the Arabic world, The Arabs had their own religious practices. They worshipped different deities in Makkā. In this way, the Arabic world was full of many religious currents and men were practising various faiths. The Arabs were neither united nor affluent at that time. Jewish people were known for their trade and the use of horses and camels and Arabia was famous for dates. There was trade with other countries which was carried through the seas from their ports. Hazarat Mohamed gave the Holy Kurān. It is simple but very significant. Even an uneducated man can understand and practise righteousness, following its teachings.
When the people of Arabia came in contact with other countries because of their trade, there was the interaction of philosophical and religious thoughts. Because of that, different traditions developed like : 1. “Motajala tradition". 2. Karāmī tradition and 3. Asari tradition All the Arabic current of thoughts former to Motajală tradition were based on faith and does not permit differences of opinion and philosophic speculation. So this may be considered to be a religious tradition. But later the devotees of Motajala tradition introduced philosophical discussion and so Motajalā tradition in Islām is the first philosophic tradition built on the basis of this new light.
The cardinal principles of the Islāmic philosophy can be mentioned in five principles :
1. The self (jiva), is free to do activity (karma). It need not bconsidered to be a slave of any other higher beings. To believe
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