Anzuvuku, Madra Andrew (1995) Metaphysics, Man and Freedom According to Prof. K. Satchidananda Murty: An Analytic Study. Masters thesis, Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth Institute of Philosophy and Religion.
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Abstract
When I began working on K. Satchidananda Murty's Metaphysics, Man and Freedom as a project for a Master's Degree dissertation, the first impression I and many concerned passers-by got was that it was too small for such undertaking. However, a second thought that strike me was that, what mattered was not the size of the book but the contents and the substance there-in. But still the immediate temptation was to plough through rapidly and finish the work as quickly as possible. As I began to cruise in progression, I soon realised that it was going to be not a free-lance sailing but a rough riding of a cycle in sand dunes! Nonetheless, my spirit has been kept wildly high by my conviction of what the book has been for and its standing repute as the author himself explains in the Preface: "Some of the ideas contained in the first lecture were explained by me at a philosophy seminar in the University of Chicago in 1954. Parts of the second lecture were earlier published in ... Proceedings of the XII International Congress of Philosophy, Venice, 1958 . .. [and] the Pakistan Philosophical Congress ... in 1962. The third lecture was also read in Delhi Philosophical Colloqouim, 1962. All the lectures were read and discussed in philosophy departmental seminars held in Andbra University in 1961...": This paper has two Parts divided into chapters, numbered by paragraph or a group of paragraphs. In Part I, I have made an analysis of the entire book, chunking down and reworking the contents of the entire text into their basic philosophical components giving them titles which are solely my own. The analysis will show in details what Murty meant when he said: i) Metaphysics is a faith that can "never be realised in plenitude"; ii) that man is "an existence in the world and history who can be made aware of his relationship to being ... [and] hovers between this world and the Beyond"; and that iii) freedom "is the capacity of man to choose and determine the course of his action", while at the same time being free from the world by "accepting our finitude as a fact and yet orienting ourselves with reference to our awareness of the Transcendence". In Part II, I have tried to make a critical valuation, examining each lecture making clarification where necessary and possible. I am quite aware that in taking such a quick view, I have not been able to do enough justice to the historical development of the concepts treated in the subject matter, nor have I been so conclusive in touching all the issues raised by Murty. Before the general conclusion in which I have made my deduction that Murty in his book has portrayed himself to be a transcendental-existentialist, I have devoted a chapter for my own reflection on how Murty's concepts could apply to some African situations.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Metaphysic, Man And Freedom, Prof. K. Satchidananda Murty |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy |
| Divisions: | Comparative |
| Depositing User: | Mr Christopher Mapunda |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2015 13:05 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2018 13:37 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/252 |
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