The Choice Between Western Intellectualism and Darshanic Timelessness

Comparative analysis of the Western tradition of intellectualism and the philosophical traditions of Sanatana Dharma.

AN HONEST STUDY of the so-called Western intellectual tradition shows that it is not older than five hundred years, a relatively short span in the history of humankind. Indeed, the whole breed of something called an “intellectual” (or that contemporary weasel word, “public intellectual”) can at best be traced to the period of something called “enlighten…