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may say that it has drawn the highest attention in India and the Gītā alone is its superb example. The meaning of active values as the continuous engagement in an activity which may probably help others or achieve a certain state of affairs in the natural or the social world' seems to me to be narrow. Where will Prof. Daya Krishna place a man of pure mathematics or a philosopher like Kant? Do they not withdraw temporarily, so also I may say that the man devoted to contemplative values retires into his own self temporarily and returns to the world of action with greater vigor and energy. Being lost in one's own self cannot be a permanent feature of consciousness. In fact, I cannot think of a man of contemplative values without active values. The nature of action may differ from one man to the other. According to Professror Daya Krishna, there “is an intrinsic opposition between the two in the sense that the seeking for one jeopardizes and obstructs the seeking for the other.” What does he mean be saying this? Does he mean that the two are antagonistic like love and hatred? If so, I feel his view is untenable. For this no other argument can be given except that the great personalities have lived in these two realms of values without any difficulty, as has already been pointed out. It does not, therefore, seem to me justified to say that “the nurturing and development of one type of value concern militates against the development of the other type.” The two can go together. The same man is capable of participating in both the realms of values.
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