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Explain Upadhyay’s philosophy of integral humanism. |
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Answer» Integrated human philosophy implies- the philosophy of integrated relations of human life with the entire nature. This is a philosophy of life which does not only think of dealing with a single perspective of ‘economic man’ but also shows the direction of prosperous, happy life, keeping in mind the holistic aspects of life and the mutually complementary relationship of man with other men and supra-human nature. Integrated human philosophy is the philosophy of life of Indian culture which is the focal point of the philosophy that practises methods to attain the manly efforts of the four objectives of religion instilled with intellect and spirit, wealth, physical conquest and salvation. The thought of the holistic without the individual is impossible and the value of the individual without the holistic is zero. Like an individual, the society also needs efforts to obtain wealth. If wealth is not available in sufficient quantity, society’s welfare will not exist in a proper way. When the lack or effect of wealth is holistic, then the holistic also faces many problems. In our society the entity of individual and society, their happiness, sorrow, benefits and harm are not only linked with each other but also dependent on each other. Here the ‘Ashrama’ system and the ‘Varna’ system have been built with the objective of harmonizing individual life with holistic life. |
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