Pls can u provide important points in Life's Philosophy by Nehru?
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Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru can be considered mainly as a social and political thinker though he did not take much interest in Philosophizing'. His ideas are based on some metaphysical and epistemological position and he had his own philosophy of life and being a scholar and thinker, he had clear ideas on educational issues
Nehru is basically a humanist. He is a rationalist, empiricist and positivist, so his theory of Knowledge is based on these positions. Being a rationalist Nehru wanted to submit every fact of Life to the test of intelligence and reason. As a result he had greater faith in science than in religion. As an empiricist he wanted validity of every statement The listed philosophical assumptions on the basis of reason and experience and as a positivist he considered that it is useless to cogitate upon Philosophical problems. He was also opposed to religion, in the accepted sense of the word. The sole focus of his
faith was man, and so he formulated the religion of humanity, substituting humanity for
God
Netru has consistently criticized organized religion of every kind. He also
disliked mysticism because in his view it cannot be proved by any epistemological
method
Nehru was a proponent of secularism and gave importance to the present experiences present life and present world. He did not bother about other world and
after life.
He thought that there is no need of religion He felt religion did more harm than good and the World could progress, faster by abandoning religion. Here, Nehru's views are nearer to manifest naturalistic humanism,
Nehru in his later works does not appear to be a vehement critic of religion. His
opposition was mainly to superstitions and blind faith. He wanted to spread rational and
scientific view on life
However Nehru has admitted that Gita has immeasurably benefited human society. His thoughts bore the influence of the teachings of the Gita, One copy of which he used to keep in his side. According to Dr. Radha Krishnan, Nehru was not a religious man in the sectarian sense but he had the deepest faith in spiritual values. He opposed
Ritualism and adherence to religious dogmos. If religion is faithful quest for truth in which the individual is willing to sacrifice, he is not opposed to soch religion
However, Nehru was liberal enough to accept that religion does satisfy one of man's basic urges, without which it could not have been such a mighty force.