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JAIN TILILOSOPIIY & MODERN SCIENCC main causes of hghining. What are meteors? On this subject modern scientists have written a number of treatises and have put forth various theories According to Jain conception, meteors are not the result of the breaking up of stars, nor are they resultant pieces of two mutually colliding celestial bodies But they are the results of friction between aggregates of various nature in the space which is. full of them Similarly, the association and combination of various 'paramanus' results in clouds and rambow etc
ATOM IN MODERN SCIENCE It is undisputedly accepted in scientific circles that the concept of 'Atom' was propounded by the Grceks. Democritus was the first man in the world to say that, "This universe is an entity formed by the void space and the invisible, indivisible infinite number uf 'aloms' Everything visible or indivisible is the result of the association or dissociation of 'atoms'.'35 Democritus was a famous Greek Philosopher, who Tas born in 460 BC and died in 370 BC His views about Atoms may be summarised as follows 36
(1) Matter does not pervade this world as
an cntity, but is divided (discrete) (u) All material bodies are composed of sold
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36 Compichensic Ticalisc on Inorganic and Thcolitical Chomistiyo
