Philosophy Refines. Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Greek Philosophy and Indian ones
Are as ancient as each other.
Greek ones are evolved from dialogue
Indian's ones are evolved as discourse.

Philosophy is finding solution
To problems of life; being and becoming
Is its concern. Disinterested quest
For knowledge of life comes from philosophy.

Indian philosophy is something more.
It goes beyond the sensory world
Whereas Greek philosophy investigates
To the external world of senses.

The written discourses are dead discourses.
The writer assumes as more intelligent.
Authority demands meek following.
Speakers and listeners are not held equal.

Plato arrives at truth through discussions
In the form of questions and answers.
Aristotle arrives at truth by dialogues.
Socrates arrives at truth by questioning.

Read philosophy for introspection.
Know philosophy to understand life.
A sense of direction will come from it.
A sense of discipline will accrue from it.
11.04.2017