Scientific spirit implies objectivity of outlook and detachment from the self and the object. It implies free will and unbiased attitude of the observer. The emotional reactions of man and the influence of feelings upon action and speech have always not only confused the thinking but has also misdirected the action of human beings. Objectivity of outlook implies that emotions and impulses must be subordinated to reason and intellect.
Consequently scientific spirit leads to very concrete results, clear thinking and sound reasoning. Reason does not mean intellectual exercise in vacuum rather it means thinking which is based upon facts and probable results. It develops in man a desire to know important fact and an unwillingness to give assent to pleasant illusions. Scientific spirit means open mind which can recieve all impressions without prejudice and can revise whenever it finds itself incorrect.
Naturally, there is no fanatical attachment with an idea or ideal, no blind faith in any theory or doctrine. Scientific theories, change from time to time and what recommends a theory in whether it "works". When new phenomena are discovered, for which it no longer 'works' it is discarded. It is judge good or bad by its efficiency and the manipulation of facts.
Scientific spirit make us open to reason and arguments and so subject to revivision and correction. The whole attitude of accepting a belief unquestioningly on the basis of authority is contrary to the scientific spirit and are scarcely compatible with the progress of science. It enables man to live without the delusive support of subjective certainly. Scientific spirit means a little of adventurous spirit. For a man with scientific outlook every action even the whole life becomes an experiment-of course a bold experiment.
A scientist is always prepared to risk, he is ready to venture, whether he meets failure or success. He is neither harassed by the failure, nor overjoyed by success to leave his efforts in the middle. If he meets failure he tries again and again till he gets success and if he succeeds he tries to find out further applications of the result. To a spiritual being, failure or success only points out his defects or his strong points though they never depress or frustrate him.
Scientific spirit takes the world and the visible and concrete things as the ultimate goal of the investigations. Abstract nations and invisible things fall beyond the scope of their investigation. They accept only those parts of knowledge which prove their worth by giving proof and discovering some new facts. So reality and the present are the objects they experiment upon.
There is no complacency when a man is possessed by scientific spirit. They always review the previous achievements critically, exhaustively and exclusively. They strive continually to move towards perfection.
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Consequently scientific spirit leads to very concrete results, clear thinking and sound reasoning. Reason does not mean intellectual exercise in vacuum rather it means thinking which is based upon facts and probable results. It develops in man a desire to know important fact and an unwillingness to give assent to pleasant illusions. Scientific spirit means open mind which can recieve all impressions without prejudice and can revise whenever it finds itself incorrect.
Naturally, there is no fanatical attachment with an idea or ideal, no blind faith in any theory or doctrine. Scientific theories, change from time to time and what recommends a theory in whether it "works". When new phenomena are discovered, for which it no longer 'works' it is discarded. It is judge good or bad by its efficiency and the manipulation of facts.
Scientific spirit make us open to reason and arguments and so subject to revivision and correction. The whole attitude of accepting a belief unquestioningly on the basis of authority is contrary to the scientific spirit and are scarcely compatible with the progress of science. It enables man to live without the delusive support of subjective certainly. Scientific spirit means a little of adventurous spirit. For a man with scientific outlook every action even the whole life becomes an experiment-of course a bold experiment.
A scientist is always prepared to risk, he is ready to venture, whether he meets failure or success. He is neither harassed by the failure, nor overjoyed by success to leave his efforts in the middle. If he meets failure he tries again and again till he gets success and if he succeeds he tries to find out further applications of the result. To a spiritual being, failure or success only points out his defects or his strong points though they never depress or frustrate him.
Scientific spirit takes the world and the visible and concrete things as the ultimate goal of the investigations. Abstract nations and invisible things fall beyond the scope of their investigation. They accept only those parts of knowledge which prove their worth by giving proof and discovering some new facts. So reality and the present are the objects they experiment upon.
There is no complacency when a man is possessed by scientific spirit. They always review the previous achievements critically, exhaustively and exclusively. They strive continually to move towards perfection.
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