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B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 1 General English 2018 Dec Question Paper with Solutions
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SECTION I
Section A
Answer any four · 40 Marks
Q1What is the aim of philosophy as brought out by Dr. Radha Krishnan ?[10]
Answer
For full marks, cover: philosophy as an instrument of liberal education, not a utilitarian subject; its aims: to lift man above worldliness, make him superior to circumstances, free the spirit from material things; to give a taste for what the world cannot give or take away; to arm us against failure and sorrow; to love ideals beyond price; "to form men"; the teacher's aim; Indian philosophy woven into life; philosophy and religion.
Introduction
Radhakrishnan spent his life as a teacher of philosophy. In the section of My Search for Truth called "Life's Problems", he states what he believed philosophy is for. His answer is not about passing examinations or earning money. It is about forming the character of the student.
1. Philosophy is liberal education, not a trade
Radhakrishnan says philosophy is not mainly useful in a practical, money-making sense. But that is its strength. It is a great instrument of liberal education, an education that frees and enlarges the mind.
2. Its central aim
He states the aim of philosophy in three parts. It seeks:
- to elevate man above worldliness, that is, above a life spent only on getting and spending;
- to make him superior to circumstances, so that events do not control his inner life;
- to liberate his spirit from slavery to material things.
3. A taste for lasting things
Philosophy, he says, plants in those able to profit by it a taste for things the world cannot give and cannot take away. Wealth and position come and go. The love of truth and goodness, once formed, belongs to a person for ever.
4. Strength in hard times
If properly pursued, philosophy arms us against failure, sorrow and calamity. It also arms us against boredom and discouragement. A person trained in philosophy can meet misfortune without being broken by it.
5. Not success, but ideals
He admits that philosophy may not prepare us for success, if success means piling up material wealth. But it helps us to love aims and ideals that are beyond all price. These are the things on which most people who chase success never set their hearts.
6. "To form men"
He sums up the whole aim in one short sentence: the object of philosophy is to form men. Philosophy shapes complete human beings, not mere specialists.
7. The teacher's part
As a teacher, his ambition was to educate his pupils to believe in a spiritual and ethical universe. He wanted to bring home to them the central truths of inwardness and love. Then later temptations to irreligion would have little power over them. He urged students to keep a silent hour each day, for self-communion, to collect their thoughts and find themselves.
8. Philosophy woven into life
Elsewhere in the essay he says that philosophy in India is not an abstract study remote from life. It is woven into the texture of human existence. Indian civilization is an effort to put philosophical wisdom into social life. He also held that philosophy, rightly pursued, leads to a spiritual view of religion. Such a religion springs from reason and the insight of experience rather than from dogma.
Philosophy, reason and insight
Radhakrishnan did not think philosophy works by cold reasoning alone. He held that the deepest truths are grasped by what he calls integral or intuitive insight, in which the intellect still plays a large part. Science gives us useful theories for controlling nature, but it cannot tell us what reality finally is. Philosophy, joined with this insight, helps us see that we live in a spiritual and ethical universe. That is why he says philosophy led him to a spiritual, non-dogmatic view of religion. It springs from the light of reason and the insight of experience. It does not come from a private revelation or from public authority. So the aim of philosophy is not only to train the mind but to deepen the whole person.
Conclusion. For Radhakrishnan, the aim of philosophy is to form men. It should lift them above worldliness and make them masters of circumstance. It should free their spirit from material things and give them a love for what the world can neither give nor take away. It may not make anyone rich, but it arms a person against sorrow and failure and fills life with lasting ideals. That is why he saw philosophy as the heart of a liberal education.
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