Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Name the philosopher who believed that religion constituted the centre of the whole music of the national life of India.
AVivekananda ✓ Correct
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Correct answer: (A) Vivekananda — Vivekananda held that religion is the centre of India's national life, so the answer is Vivekananda.
Explanation
★Vivekananda held that religion is the centre of India's national life, so the answer is Vivekananda.
★He argued that each nation has a special theme or keynote of its life.
★For England it is politics, for some others wealth, but for India it is religion.
★He said India must therefore rise through its spiritual strength.
★National regeneration, for him, had to flow from religious and moral awakening.
★He wished to join this spirituality with social service and self-respect.
★So religion as the keynote of Indian national life is Vivekananda's idea.
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