Moving beyond fear
By Soumitra Basu - Oct 15, 2020
We are always told that fear is that which invites catastrophes, precipitates illnesses and robs the possibility of a graceful exit from life.
The dangers of oversimplification
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2020
Beyond Good and Evil — Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
Another dimension to the current pandemic
By Alok Pandey - Apr 24, 2020
There is a medical way of looking at life and death, health and illness. It is largely based on an understanding of the material processes and forms of life. Valid in its own field, it has its own advantages as well as its own limitations.
The meta-psychology of reason
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2020
Sensory perception is the first gateway to the knowledge of the world, of ourself, of our existence. Once its limits are exhausted, the human being moves to another level of experience — reason.
To live without dying
By Soumitra Basu - Jan 15, 2024
While sceptics and rationalists would vouchsafe for a doomsday to be the penultimate destiny of the earth and therefore of humanity (unless it emigrates somewhere else in space), the classical Indian view is that creation has been manifesting and dissolving in a scheme of eternal recurrence. A particular creation can dissolve when it has exhausted all its potentialities of development and would need to start anew with a fresh denouement to explore newer vistas. A creation can also dissolve if it embarks on a course of self-destruction ticking the doomsday clock.