Staal, Frits (2005) What Euclid is to Europe, Panini is to India: or are they? (NIAS Lecture No. L1-2005). [Audio]
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| Abstract: | The topic of this evening is the thesis that Euclid is to Europe what Panini is to India. It is a baffling topic because it causes havoc to a widespread prejudice: the myth of the two cultures of sciences and humanities. The sciences, it is said, are exact and rigorous; the humanities seem to lack those qualities and what they offer instead is not very clear. Since Euclid was a mathematician and therefore a scientist, he belonged to a species that is highly regarded and for good reasons. Panini. on the other hand, was a grammarian or linguist - according to some a more marginal occupation. So must we accept the myth and draw the conclusion, that Europe addressed basic and substantial issues but India dabbled in trivialities?. |
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| Item Type: | Audio |
| Subjects: | NIAS Resources > Lectures-Audio NIAS Resources > NIAS Lectures |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2014 10:05 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2022 17:52 |
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| DOI: | 81-87663-57-X |
| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/435 |
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