Contemporary Indian PhilosophyContemporary Indian Philosophy has arisen in awareness of the need to reconcile the forces of tradition with those of modernity. It is not merely repetitive. There is, in it, a definite attempt to construct a system. It develops under the conviction that the basic aim of Philosophy is to cultivate a world-view. This requires an awareness of the existential condition of life as also the con-sciousness of life s ulti-mate ideal, viz., redem-ption, not only of the individual, but of the total human race. It emphasises the ultimacy of spiritual values; yet it demonstrates that the roots of spiritual life lie in conditions that are essentially existential. The present study seeks to highlight these aspects of Contemporary Indian Philosophy. It is an attempt to rethink, in an academic manner, the thoughts of the contemporary thinkers, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, S. Radhakrishnan, and Mohammad Iqbal. Different aspects of their thoughts have been systematised, categorised and placed under suitable philosophical heads in this work. |
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Swami Vivekananda 146 | 1 |
metaphysical standpoint Reality and God Proofs | 25 |
Rabindranath Tagore 4790 | 47 |
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able Absolute according to Vivekananda activities Advaita Vedānta Advaita Vedantist Ahimsa ancient Indian appears aspect asserts Atman attain awareness basic become believes bodily body Brahmacarya Brahman called capacity character complete conceived concept consciousness contemporary Indian thinker cosmic creation described destiny distinction Divine doctrine emphasising essential everything evil evolution experience expression fact finite forms freedom give Gnostic God's existence Hinduism human Ibid idea ideal ignorance immortality Indian Philosophy individual infinite intellectual Intuition Iqbal says Islam Jivanmukta Jnana Yoga K. C. Bhattacharya Karma kind knowledge man's Māyā means mental metaphysical mind monistic moral nature negation Non-violence object physical possible psychic Rabindranath Tagore Radhakrishnan realisation reality religious Sadhana Śankara Satyagraha sense soul spiritual Sri Aurobindo says stage Supermind supramental Supramental transformation Supreme swadeshi Swami Vivekananda things thought tion transcends Truth ultimate unity universal religion Vedanta Vivekananda says Yoga Young India