Guest guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 From Dialectic Spiritualism. Sysmasundara dasa: Alexander accepted Plato's three greatest values in life-truth, beauty, and goodness-as values to be accepted by the majority. Srila Prabhupada: Unfortunately, in the material world, no one likes the truth. At least in this age, the majority of people are not truthful. As soon as one becomes truthful, he becomes a br¢hmaëa. Where are the br¢hmaëas in this age? Kalau çüdra sambhava. In Kali-yuga, everyone is a çüdra. If Alexander thinks that everyone will accept truthfulness as a great value, he is mistaken. Sysmasundara dasa: For Alexander, there is a practical criterion for truth, but he preferred the coherence principle by which the majority opinion determined truth by mutual agreement. Srila Prabhupada: Because he is European, he is thinking in a democratic way. The hard fact is that truth is not accepted by ordinary men. Truth is truth. Either it is in your mind or not; truth is absolute. Only highly elevated persons can understand the truth. Out of many truthful men, perhaps only one can understand Krsna as He is. ethos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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