Mankind has always been deeply interested in resolving the mystery of our existence and the world. Human life is very short and has two poles-birth and death. The experience of phenomenal world brings many questions, such as – ‘what it is?’ and ‘who we are?’ The question ‘what it is?’ is existential and ‘who we are?’ is related directly to our being. This paper is a humble attempt to expound these questions in context of Greek and Indian viewpoints. Fantasy begins with these two simple questions…
Read moreMankind has always been deeply interested in resolving the mystery of our existence and the world. Human life is very short and has two poles-birth and death. The experience of phenomenal world brings many questions, such as – ‘what it is?’ and ‘who we are?’ The question ‘what it is?’ is existential and ‘who we are?’ is related directly to our being. This paper is a humble attempt to expound these questions in context of Greek and Indian viewpoints. Fantasy begins with these two simple questions, which have been existent since centuries. Broadly speaking, Greek philosophers have been considered to be existential in nature and they want to describe the relation between our life and the world. On the other hand, Indian philosophy or ‘Darshan’ begins with ‘that what really exists’. There are so many answers but matter or consciousness is the chief points of debate. Matter is something phenomenal and it changes, so it is not really existential. According to Indian philosophy, the reality never changes. It is an absolute entity or consciousness. Now, we can say that the basic problem of philosophy has been the same in Greece as well as in India. Both systems of thoughts want to resolve the mystery of existence, yet the methodology of philosophical enquiry has been different. For the sake of clarity and precision, the whole exposition has been divided into three sections: i. Exposition of Greek Metaphysics, ii. Exposition of Indian Idealism, iii. Comparison and Contrasts. On the basis of a detailed discussion, we arrive at the conclusion that there are several striking similarities between these systems worth reviewing and a lot of further work is required in the field.