Eternal Recurrence and the Deluge of Noah: A Platonic Perspective

Shah Hussein: A Great Mystic and Liberal Personality

A Tale of Two Generations: A Story from the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization Imagine the suffocation that can prevail in a religious society and the audacity with which people view any transgression of the moral or religious law.After imagining this suffocation and repression think about a person who has resolved to act against the morality and religious dogmatism and yet has registered himself as a great champion of the people and their faith. Shah Hussain was one such great religious personality who created new values in the society and challenged the older ones. Shah Hussein was a saint who lived during the sixteenth century in the Punjab province. The Punjab is a province which is divided between India and Pakistan and both these countries have parts of this province as their territories. The word Punjab is formed with two words,' Punj' meaning 'five' and 'Aaab' , meaning water. Thus Punjab is the land of five rivers, Ravi, Jhelum, Sutlej, Beas and Chena

Kashmiri Sapphire: A gem of gems

Kashmiri Sapphire: A gem of gems A Tale of Two Generations: A Story from the Ancient Indus Valley Civilization People already know the story of the unfortunate gem called" Kohinoor" , whose story bears similarities with that of Helen of Troy, for whom Greeks sailed in thousand ships to sack the city of Troy. Kohinoor so much attracted the British crown that they captured India for it. Indian subcontinent is famous for its rich deposits of precious stones . From the early Vedic periods , gemology has remained a great important art to learn , and there are thousands of years old texts on this subject . Right from the beginning , three stones are ranked as the highest among the gems of the subcontinent; these are Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Out of these Ruby being affiliated with the Sun god, is considered as the most precious , and Sapphires come next. Kashmiri Sapphire, in the word of Keats, is famous for its " sapphire regioned star" of five point

A Critique on Saussure's Theory of Linguistics from a Nietzschean Point of View: Abstract

Abstract Saussure's theory of linguistics has an overwhelming influence not only on the understanding of language but also on philosophy and human sciences. However, viewed from a Nietzschean perspective the basic tenets of Saussure's theory seem dubious.His principles of the arbitrariness of the relationship between signifier and signified, his emphasis on the synchronic study of linguistics and paradigmatic structures appear to be inappropriately formulated when viewed from a Nietzschean perspective. Nietzsche , in his essay 'On Truth and Lie from an Extra Moral Sense', says that instead of signifying the thing itself, the concept part in the sign signifies the human relationship with the the thing. Moreover, the concept , the signified, is formed after overlooking so many differences that exist among the members of the class for which the concept is formed. Thus, the concept , the signified, is an equality of the unequal. No two leaves in the world are exactly sim

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