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A key difference between India and the West.
Philosophically, the West is Noun-Heavy. This means
=> It seeks represent a State in Time
=> This has crept into every discipline - whether it is Psychology or Medicine or Physics - (Eg., Particle Physics)
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A key difference between India and the West.
Philosophically, the West is Noun-Heavy. This means
=> It seeks represent a State in Time
=> This has crept into every discipline - whether it is Psychology or Medicine or Physics - (Eg., Particle Physics)
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This has implications for the daily life.
=> It seeks to concretise every Fascination of the Mind. Artha and Kama gain significant over emphasis.
=> This results in Diversity of Material in Life. Hence, the Product Mindset of the West.
Modern Industry has imbibed this.
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=> It seeks to concretise every Fascination of the Mind. Artha and Kama gain significant over emphasis.
=> This results in Diversity of Material in Life. Hence, the Product Mindset of the West.
Modern Industry has imbibed this.
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There are other serious implications. What does this Noun-Heaviness or Noun-Fascination do to the language?
- It tends to convert the Verb/Adjectives too into Noun, in excess.
- As a result, it has a fascination for the Abstract Noun.
Eg., Liberty, Confession, Development
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- It tends to convert the Verb/Adjectives too into Noun, in excess.
- As a result, it has a fascination for the Abstract Noun.
Eg., Liberty, Confession, Development
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