He has in him a deeper self, call it soul or spirit. The ordinary condition of man is not his ultimate being. There is in him a finer spiritual presence which makes him dissatisfied with merely earthly pursuits. There is something more in man than is apparent in his ordinary consciousness and behaviour under a given system of environment – something which frames ideals and values of life. Puntambekar was of the opinion that “we shall have to give up some of the superstitions of material science and limited reason, which make man too much this-worldly, and introduce higher spiritual aims and values for mankind.” He focused on the spiritual nature of human beings in his text “The Hindu Concept of Human Rights”, sent in May 1947 in response to UNESCO’s survey on the philosophical foundations of human rights. UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in DangerĬriticizing the Western emphasis on reason and science that marked the emergence of European human rights doctrines, the Indian political scientist S.V.MGIEP - Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development.IESALC - International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.IITE - Institute for Information Technologies in Education.IICBA - International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa.IBE - International Bureau of Education.ICTP - International Centre for Theoretical Physics.IIEP - International Institute for Educational Planning.UNEVOC - International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training.Education for Sustainable Development Network.International Coalition of Inclusive and Sustainable Cities – ICCAR.Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.Advancing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
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