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Aryan SirsikarAIR 175· 2025

Question Q.3(iii)GS2GS2

Swami Vivekananda - "Experience is the only teacher." (Commentary on the importance of learning from experience rather than just theory)

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Introduction

Swami Vivekananda, the great medium Hindu philosopher, highlights the importance of experience to understand the truth rather than just deliberating about it.

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Main Body

Swami Vivekananda, the great medium Hindu philosopher, highlights the importance of experience to understand the truth rather than just deliberating about it.

(i) Experiences about conditions on-ground

(ii) (a) UNO several who were with the field will not understand the problems

(iii) Help in differentiating book truths from the field truths

(iv) According to statistics costs system reducing but ground reality differed

Using codes to a minimum enforceable standard of behaviour in society - (Hotel)

(Conscience) safes to the "knowledge within one's" - it is the legislated set of mind based on value system of a person.

Synergestic Effect of Law & Conscience:

(i) Better Compliance of laws

(a) Personal laws based on religious conscience follow clearly

(b) Why law & conscience are in sync there is no conflict of conscience.

(c) Dealing - Against Conscience & Against lawviolates creates

Dissonance between law & conscience:

(i) Reduces Compliance of law

(a) Personal laws

(b) Why law & conscience are in sync there is no conflict of conscience.

(c) Dealing - Against Conscience & Against lawleads to violation & conflict - (i) Sexual laws against conscienceasserts necessity

The laws & conscience should guide each other (instinctively) to ensure third being.

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Topper

Aryan Sirsikar

AIR 1752025

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Ethics and Values

Learning and Knowledge

Experience as Teacher

Writing Stats

227

Total words

6

Paragraphs

analytical

Tone