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dox explanation about them. The apparent negative approaches are hinted at the sound explanation of them. They are against dogmas and superstitions, not against the scientific and logical explanation of the transcendental realities. They are deeply concerned with the betterment of present life and therefore, they condemn the attitude of escapism and other worldliness. But the condemnation is basically on moral grounds, not on the ground of penetration into the truth of the realities. In cbārvāk philosophy metaphysics and ethics, are founded on epistemology and therefore it is obvious that the assertion of survival of human personality and its denial both actually depend upon a sound epistemology. Hence it is an open question and not the closed chapter of the chārvāk philosophy.
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