() Where are the speakers ? Introduce them separately. in merchant of Venice act 1 scene 2
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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
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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