Dance of Siva

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. There is a fundamental difference between the Brahman and the modern view of politics. The modern politician considers that idealism in politics is unpractical; time enough, he thinks, to deal with social misfortunes when they arise. The same out look may be recognized in the fact that modern medicine lays greater stress on cure than on prevention, i. E., endeavours to protect against unnatural conditions rather than to change the social environment. The Western sociologist is apt to say: The teachings of religion and philosophy may or may not be true, but in any case they have no significance for the practical reformer. The Brahmans, on the contrary, considered all activity not directed in accordance with a consistent theory of the meaning and purpose of life as supremely unpractical.