Theory of Paryaya and the Concept of Jiva and Ajiva and Time or Kala: Accidental Qualities or Paryaya

Accidental Qualities or Paryaya

• There are some accidental qualities which exist in the substance and as the name suggests, they are subject to change. Unlike, essential characteristics, they are not permanent in nature. In other words, the gunas continue, while the paryayas change. There are two kinds of paryayas or modifications. They are;
• Modifications of the essential qualities of a thing or a dravya. For instance, the colour of water in the lake is subject to change, although colour is a constant …

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Spinoza: The Concept of Substance

Benedict De Spinoza is a rationalist philosopher. His original name was Baruch Spinoza and “Tractatus de Intellectus Emendotione, ” and “Principles of the philosophy of Descartes, ” “Epistolae, ” “Treatise Concerning God and Man, ” etc. are some of his most renowned works. The philosophy advocated by Spinoza shares a lot of resemblance with the Vedanta philosophy, as he laid down the most uncompromising mono-theism in the West.

The Concept of Substance

• Spinoza has the vision of …

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