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CHAPTER-II

THE NATURAL EFFECTS OF BACONIAN PHILOSOPHY

Bacon's design was the attainment of man's dominion over nature through systematic research of science for material advantage of mankind in general, as the actual business of man on earth, and as the express and exclusive command of God to Adam. Moral philosophy according to Bacon, having been forbidden as man's persistence in the first transgression of Adam, that of eating the fruit of the forbidden tree of the knowledge of good an devil. This had been a peculiar kind of philosophy and therefore has peculiar kind of effects. No doubt men today do not know the philosophy of Bacon except a few, but the effects of Baconian philosophy are there through the Baconian progress, which is itself the result of Baconian philosophy. The man who eats poison would experience the effects of poison, whether he knew any thing about the poison or not.

                    The effect of the doctrine of man's dominion over nature as man's birth-right, is that man has in his pride ventured to become a God himself, and thus defection of man from God has occurred. Today the planting of the banner on the moon is the sign not of the glory of Christ, but of Bacon. Baconian philosophy has made the science as the instrument of the contemplation of the works of God. But the object of such a contemplation is not the glorification of the Creator. It is purely the manipulation of the works of God for material gain. The material gin being the object of science, not only the idea of science as science has been lost in the material gain, and the glorification of the Creator has been lost sight of, but further the whole knowledge has been reduced to the position of merely an instrument of material gain. Thus the knowledge which in the fold of Islam was a blessing has become a curse in Baconian culture. The schools of modern knowledge in the east could be seen as the workshops of devil as against the schools of religious education. The students of modern knowledge have only one end in view, that is the certificates, or knowledge merely for obtaining employment and being able to make a living or accumulating the wealth. The schools of religion produce the students, sober, gentle, God-fearing and respectful. Science being itself blind of spiritual, supernatural and miraculous, and the entire philosophy of Bacon being the source of materialistic views, the mind of man of this age has followed the suit and has denied or has at least depreciated the idea of spiritual, supernatural and miraculous. The result is universal discontent and heart-burning for material necessities. As far as moral values are concerned, although the attitude of Baconian philosophy regarding the pursuit of moral philosophy itself is not generally known to men, the exclusive pursuit of natural philosophy, the basis of Baconian philosophy, is in itself a curse enough to damage the notion of moral philosophy. The disregard of moral values and the neglect of the pursuit of moral philosophy in this age is no longer a hidden secret. The behaviour of this present generation regarding the atomic power behoves not at all to the descendants of Adam, and the followers of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Krishna and Buddha, while the stomach and never the heart is the object of this Baconian age. This world and not at all the other world is the aim of this Baconian culture. Body and not the soul is the subject of this Baconian philosophy. Moral values have fallen to a level, and allow me to cry that the moral depravity has reached a point, that is enough to sadden the heart of any well-wisher of this mankind. Selfishness and greed have taken the place of every thing else. Destruction is the natural consequence.

                    The state of mankind has now reached a spot where the general effect of Baconian philosophy can be observed vividly: Alas, a race of human beings, engrossed in the pursuit of material progress panting and perspiring and ever scared of the Goblin of poverty, can be seen like so many clouds of Baconian locusts, of various hues, devouring, destroying, wasting whatever came in their way. And having devoured up all that existed in the planes, jungles, oceans, deserts, hills and mountains, now move toward the source of nuclear energy to be sprayed over by the nuclear germicide to find extinction, despite the noisome fumes of the flaming nuclear hell. All ties, fatherly, brotherly, motherly, and sisterly are severed and forgotten in selfishness and greed of wealth, and in consideration of one's self. The sense of sympathy, pity, mercy, humanity, charity, and every humanitarian feeling having vanished, this earth now appears to be inhabited by a race of wisdomized beasts interspersed with Baconian devils. This earth no doubt never was meant to be an abode of unmixed bliss, or complete joy, no matter what the system, what the civilization, what the religion. This earth is a house for man's trial, and is thus the house of sufferings and afflictions. But far grievous is the state of mankind in the Baconian age. People caught up in the universal economico-industrial set-up, and being broiled in the Baconian furnace, still the victims of misunderstandings, consider this age as a great age of great possibilities, not realizing the loss of both the worlds. Their misunderstandings, however, will sooner or later be cleared, for the temperatures of Baconian furnace are fast increasing and will ultimately become unbearable. The hazards of atomic annihilation through the atomic bombs and the atomic radiations are the trumpets of the consequential unpopularity of this Baconian culture and this Baconian progress. If, however, this Baconian system continues for long, then surely, this human race which still shows some humanitarian characteristics will, due to the dwindling resources and intensifying appetite, assume cannibalistic characteristics falling on each other to appease hunger, and tearing into bits, will devour up flesh, bone and all.  Stronger individuals devouring up the weaker ones. The stronger nations devouring up the frailer ones, without a scruple and justifying their acts on this Baconian pretext or that. This is going to be the unfailing effect and the inevitable result of that philosophy which has given out the pursuit of natural philosophy for material gain as man's actual business, and moral philosophy as an impious continuation of the first transgression of Adam that of tasting the fruit of the forbidden tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

                    All natural and physical pursuit and no moral restraint was a very unbalanced philosophy of life indeed, and nothing surprising, if the results are devastating. Universal anarchy, mistrust, distrust, to mutual devastation, were the most natural consequences of a philosophy which had this world alone as its object, and no consideration either of the other world or the moral philosophy as the necessary factors of human life. They who still think that this material progress was the means of the attainment of the necessities of life merely, which their religion allowed, and that this progress could be subjected to the dictates of religion must open up their eyes a little bit more to the actual facts and the prevailing circumstances and the impending hazards, to know that it was not this modern, Baconian progress that could be subjected to any religion howsoever strong and dynamic, but it is the religion that is subjected to this all-pervading, and all-devouring type of progress, and that, instead of having some hopes of one day subjecting this progress to their religion and working this wonder and showing it to the world, they should actually consult the safety of their religion itself against the onslaught of the Baconian ever-increasing, continuous and infinite progress, for surely if this progress continues for long their religion they will eventually find no where, and not even the strongest microscope will be able to show any vestige or trace of their religion in their life. For them it is to pause and ponder over the postulate, whether during the last fifty years it is their religion that has gained on this progress, or whether it is this progress that has gained on their religion. A few years hence, and the people will rush at the call of the hooter of the factory, while the call for the prayer from the minaret of the mosque will be ignored willingly or helplessly. As a proof let them put this progress to a halt now. It is impossible for them to do that without complete renunciation of a progress, which drags them now in chains toward the atomic hell.

                    Communism has not been imported from heaven, it is only the perfected stage of Baconian Philosophy of atomistic materialism, the philosophy of man's dominion over nature for material advantage with the idea of moral philosophy as undesirable. The Westerners who still talk of God, Christ, or Democracy are Baconian not very perfect as yet. The Muslims who still believe in their religion with such sincerity, and indeed are generally eager to revive Islam are to be regarded as Baconians extremely imperfect. The Hindus and the Buddhists too cannot claim much perfectness in Baconian Philosophy. The Communist only, however, can claim with justness the highest attainable perfection in Baconian Philosophy. In the Communist Philosophy it is, that the Baconian values can be seen to have attained to their peak values both theoretically and practically. Bacon sought for man's dominion over nature as man's right. This view naturally is to bring man in conflict with God in the matter of dominion. The Communist world it is, that may be seen to have the highest claim of man's dominion over nature, where the thought of God's dominion is expelled from the mind of man completely. Bacon spoke of the pursuit of natural philosophy (science) for material advantage for mankind in general. The Communist world may be seen like a nest of the honey-bees engrossed in the preparation of honey as one body. Bacon spoke of moral philosophy as a pursuit forbidden The Communist world has shunned the basic idea of religion as sheer opium, whereas the Westerners had given it out as merely an obstacle in the way of progress. Bacon had given a philosophy complete in itself. It has a complete system as a whole, that may be given the name of "Baconio-Shylockio-scientifico-industrial system", and may be seen in its hitherto perfected picture of Communism. The entire life was to be dragged into the Baconian net for dominion over nature and material advantage. Opposition to the dictates of Baconian philosophy in a Baconian society is regarded as unpleasant. Will this cry of Mine against the Baconian philosophy and Baconian progress be tolerated? If there is any hope of my word being heard in this world of today it is because of the appearance and the presence of the most grievous kind of hazards that were naturally incident on the philosophy of Bacon; the atomic bombs and radiations.

                    Besides the philosophic and ethical effects of Baconian Philosophy there have appeared some very scientific results too. Slander, wealth-accumulation and a belief in the eternity of this progress of wealth-increase functioning in modern Baconian progress, the three characteristic features of Baconian philosophy have acted like the three ingredients of gun powder, but have produced the peculiar, atomic powder Slander, wealth-accumulation, and the belief in the eternity of the process of wealth-accumulation through Baconian progress are the three ingredients of Baconian Philosophy. Again the Baconian Philosophy, Baconian progress, cancer and Uranium could be numbered in one group. All the four show the similar characteristics. All the four work on the principle of fission chain reaction and all the four have the same destiny, that is, destruction through atomic fire.

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