Ancient India - Land of wisdom - Awareness about ancient India being a knowledge
society, the university being an Indian invention and the different knowledge streams is just
the tip of the iceberg as far as the knowledge tradition of India goes. Adding on to this,
Swami Vivekananda remarks
"In philosophy we are even now head and shoulders above
any other nation, as Schopenhauer, the great German philosopher has confessed. In music
India gave to the world her system of notation, with the seven cardinal notes and the diatonic
scale, all of which we enjoyed as early as 350 BCE, while it came to Europe only in the 11
century. In philology, our Sanskrit language is now universally acknowledged to be the
foundation of all European languages….”
society, the university being an Indian invention and the different knowledge streams is just
the tip of the iceberg as far as the knowledge tradition of India goes. Adding on to this,
Swami Vivekananda remarks
"In philosophy we are even now head and shoulders above
any other nation, as Schopenhauer, the great German philosopher has confessed. In music
India gave to the world her system of notation, with the seven cardinal notes and the diatonic
scale, all of which we enjoyed as early as 350 BCE, while it came to Europe only in the 11
century. In philology, our Sanskrit language is now universally acknowledged to be the
foundation of all European languages….”
No comments:
Post a Comment