Philosophical Implications of Cultural Relativism Philosophical position of Cultural Relativism is best understood in terms of its epistemological‚ ethical and logical implications. Philosophical means articulation‚ argumentation‚ analysis‚ and synthesis of the idea‚ principle or concept. [1] Implication is a relationship between two propositions that holds when both propositions are true and fails when the first is true but the second is false. It is to develop a logical cohesion among arguments
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world. Ayurveda helps in maintaining health by keeping the individual’s body‚ mind and spirit in perfect symmetry with nature. In essence‚ Ayurveda is not only a system of treatment but a way of life. Mention of Ayurveda can be found in the Bhagavat Gita‚ the Vedas‚ the Upanishads and other ancient texts of wisdom. Ayurveda is said to be the Upaveda or the sub branch of the
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Karkkainen B-Biodiversity &Land‚ Cornell law review‚ Vol83p104 26. K.M.Munshi - Bhagvad Gita and Modern Life 27. M.P.Chitale - Bhagvad Gita and Hindu Dharma p28 28. Newberry Stead‚ W. Edward and Jean Garner Stead - Management for a Small Planet: Strategic Decision Making for the Environment p181 29. P.V.Indiresan - Vision 2020‚2004p58 30. Prabhavananda and Isherwood - Bhagvad Gita 31. Ramesh S Betai – Gita & Gandhiji‚ 2002 P 192 32. S. Radhakrishnan ‚ C.A.Moore - A Source book In Indian Philosophy
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Life of Pie written by‚ Yann Martel’s tells the story of a young man named Pi‚ to be specific sixteen years old‚ which grows up in the south indian city of Pondiocherry. Pi was raised by a wealthy family‚ father being Santos Patel‚ and mother being Gita Patel‚ which owned a zoo‚ and that is where the Tiger(Richard Parker) comes in play. The next aspect of the story goes as follows: since all facet of government power was taken by Indira Ghandi in India‚ and Pi father did not want to be involved in
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Summary Piscine Molitor Patel – Protagonist in the story‚ also the narrator - also known as Pi Ravi Patel – Pi’s older brother by three years Santosh Patel – Pi’s father‚ owns a zoo in Pondicherry‚ India Gita Patel – Pi’s Mother Satish Kumar – Pi’s biology teacher in Pondicherry Father Martin – A catholic priest that introduces Pi to the catholic faith Satish Kumar – A Muslim mystic that shares the same name with Pi’s biology teacher Hindu Pandit – A man whom is never named‚ he becomes
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One of the most important beliefs in Hinduism is acceptance. They have scriptures‚ mythologies that deal with many elements of life which are considered unacceptable. For example‚ Gita (considered to be main scripture which tells way of Hindu life‚ its duties) has story about Dropadi who is married to 5 brothers. Gita has story about Lord Krishna who married 30‚000 wives who were widowed in war. Ramayana (story of Lord Ram) who is has one wife and he is faithful to her. Through many stories they
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Gandhi was a small Indian man that faced the British Empire’s policies of injustice‚ discrimination‚ and colonial control without using a single punch or bullet‚ or in any way using violence as a weapon. The fact that he defeated the British Empire by winning Indian Independence is considered as testimony that Gandhi should be given the status of being remembered as a ‘great man’ in history. Gandhi began his work against the injustices of the British Empire when he was still a young man in South
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was no existence of GOD in this world ever. He always go with the scientific knowledge that UNIVERSE is due to a big explosion equal to 1000 nuclear bomb explosion that was called” THE BIG BANG” But according to holy books like Holy Bible ‚Bhawgat Gita ‚ etc they says that GOD have created the universe billions of year ago and also says that GOD stay on earth before humans were there CONCLUSION for above approach… This is an unsolved mystery and it leads to a dilemma when it comes to a conclusion
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Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in the world for four major virtues. They are non-violence‚ truth‚ love and fraternity. By applying these four virtues he brought freedom to India. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in Porebandar of Gujarat on 2 October 1869. His father was an officer in charge of a Province. Mohandas married while he was reading in High School. After passing the Entrance Examination he went to England to study law. M. K.Gandhi was not born great. He was
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a teenage Indian boy who practices three religions‚ and his father is a zookeeper. Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger that becomes Pi’s nemesis as well as his reason for living. The minor characters are Francis Adirubasamy (Mamaji)‚ Santosh Patel‚ Gita Patel‚ Ravi Patel‚ Satish Kumar‚ and Father Martin. Mamaji is a close friend of the Patel family and a former aggressive swimmer‚ and
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