Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c15.7
Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c15.7
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(1) Vaishesika system: Atoms cannot exist in an uncombined state in creation. "The doctrine of atomism did not take its rise in Greece, but in the East. It is found in the Indian philosophy. Kanada . . . could not believe matter to be infinitely divisible. (Fleming's "Vocabulary of Philosophy.")