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<*CIVILIZATION, SCIENCE & SPIRITUAL PROGRESS*> by P. R. Sarkar
[Book:PROUT in a Nutshell,Part 06:06]

Civilization, science and spiritual progress by P. R. Sarkar
Today, the subject of my discourse is "Civilization, Science and
Spiritual Progress". The collective name of different expressions of
human life is culture. I may as well tell you at the very outset that
culture is one for the whole human race.
What is civilization? The subtle sense of refinement that we come
across in the different expressions of life is calledcivilization. Let
me give you an example. Suppose some guests have arrived at our home.
We may address them imperatively, "Come" or we may welcome them by
saying, "Please come in." This polite address by adding the word
"please" speaks of civilization or a civilized address, for herein the
subtle sense of refinement is evident. The imperative word, "come",
bereft of warmth, only smacks of lack of culture. So we see there are
both good and bad sides to culture, but the subtle sense of refinement
is the touch-stone of civilization.The subtle sense of refinement that
we get in culture intrinsically imbibes the human power of
discriminative judgement. We may call those human acts and behaviour
civilized that give evidence of this discriminative judgement,in a
great measure. It is sometimes noticed in certain groups of people
that their actions have thesupport of judgement, and then again in
some others that there is an absence of it. If judgement were based
merely on this basis, to call the former civilized and the latter
half-
civilized would not be fair or desirable.
In the Indian social system women have beengiven a motherly status,
but in the practical field they are not given the same amount of
prestige. Conversely, in the European society, though motherly status
is nil, women certainly enjoy equal rights and prestige in the
practical field. Now it is very hard to say which of the two is more
civilized. But I would say, the greater the support of judgement in
action and behaviour, the better shall be the expression and
development of civilization.

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