THE SCIENTIFIC TEMPER
Indispensible for Success
THE Discovery of India, a book well known to millions of readers, was written by India’s former Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru, while he was imprisoned at Ahmednagar Fort in Maharashtra.
In this book, Jawahar Lal Nehru emphasized the virtue of the scientific temper in these memorable lines: “The scientific approach and temper are, or should be, a way of life, a process of thinking, a method of thinking, a method of acting and associating with our fellow men.”
What is the scientific temper? The scientific temper is a frame of mind based on reality, which demands the application of logic in all situations. This quality is of prime importance. It is indispensible for every individual and every group of people if they are to be successful in life.
Scientific temper makes you a positive thinker and dictates a realistic approach. It makes you a giving member of society.
Scientific temper makes you a positive thinker and dictates a realistic approach. It makes you a giving member of society. It ensures that your mind develops along the right lines and makes you a creative thinker.
One who possesses a scientific temper, being an integrated personality, never suffers from a superiority complex or the arrogance which would lead to the kind of bias and hatred that stems from unhealthy thought.
Scientific temperament is basic to all kinds of human activities, both individual and social. It makes one patient, tolerant and forgiving. Only those who are imbued with such a spirit can be good members of their societies. While scientific temper gives one everything, it deprives one of nothing. Without it, a man is no better than an animal, while once possessed of it, he emerges as a true human being.
Religion is essentially the
voice of human nature.