Main Features of the Indian Political Thinking

<p>The impulse for philosophy in general and political philosophy in particular may originate in curiosity or in doubt or in faith. According to the Greeks knowledge arises from curiosity.  “You Greeks are always boys; there is not an old man among you; you are young in your souls,” said the Egyptian priest in Plato’s Timaeus.  He was right.  They were a race of seekers after unknown truth.  “All  men want to know” said Aristotle and he added “the feeling of wonder makes the true Philosopher, for this is the only source of Philosophy.”  It is because of this curiosity that Greece is one of the mainsprings of civilization.</p>