Yādavācārya (16th century), disciple of Rāmakṛṣṇa Cakravartī, refutes his opponent who says that teaching Nyāya philosophy to Śūdras would lead to sin. The issue is that sage Gautama is said to have created this for the benefit of 'all', which would include Śūdras also.
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Yādavācārya specifies 'teaching' as an act directed to a specific person. If another person listens to it, it doesn't count as teaching. When the opponent points out that if 'all' includes Śūdras, it would be inevitably directed towards them also. Yādavācārya responds
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Yādavācārya responds by that even in the thesis of the opponent, being directed toward Ātman of a Brāhmaṇa, it is directed towards the Ātman of a Śūdra also. So the same fault could be found with opponent too.
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He then quotes a sarcastic statement of Raghunātha Śiromaṇi who says that such directed-ness happens even in the case of insects and so forth.
In conclusion, there's no sin on the teacher on account of teaching Nyāya philosophy to Śūdras.
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It is rather interesting that such issues were being raised in the first place, although they were being responded to in one way or the other.
Reference: Yādavācārya's commentary on Jānakīnātha Bhaṭṭācārya's Nyāyasiddhāntamañjarī.
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