Know Thy Self

Department of Philsophy, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur organized a seminar on the theme “Know –Thy- Self” in the college campus, in which Principal Dr. Madhu Prashar shared her views on human existence with around four hundred students of the department and other faculty members of the college.
In the first session Ambuj Sharma of the department informed the participants about the nature of philosophy. He said “Philosophy has always raised questions related to human existence such as who am I? What is the purpose of life? Is there life after death? What is reality? The main aim behind these questions is to expand the horizon of men’s thinking to larger issues of life.
In the second session Dr. Madhu Prashar in her presentation focused on the need to re-look and re-think the human life and its different aspects in a more philosophical way. She said “human life is full of wonders. Right from Socrates to Plato, Aristotle and contemporary philosophers such as Gandhi, Daya Krishna, Tagore, Marx and Foucault, every one has tried to uncover the reality in different manners. Some had projected socialism some humanism and some spiritualism but it is the individual effort of an individual which can make them understand the significance of life and its form. She also spoke on the Vedatic and the philosophy of Dev Samaj where she placed the concept of altruism as the highest value of life. She said that bodily pleasures are transient unlike body but higher thoughts like altruism can certainly lead to contentment and peace among individuals in the society.
On the occasion Dr. Sudesh Goel and Dr. Suman Sharma of Sanskrit Department also shared their thoughts.
In the last session students raised significant question to life, fear, death and grief. Amandeep Kaur , Vice Head Girl of the college and Prabhdeep Kaur, president Philosophical Society gave the vote of thanks. The session was actively chaired by M. R. Manchanda, Secretary, Managing Committee of the college.