Re:Nalanda: The university that changed the world
by screye on Monday March 06, 2023 @04:03PM
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> These were religious schools
In an era where all philosophy, sociology & science was Religion, it sounds fairly comprehensive. All universities were religious. The west simply like to treat universities by and for Christian denominations as somehow devoid of religion.
> Bologna was the first multi-subject, public higher degree-granting institution in history. It invented the term "University"
You can use this self-fulfilling characterization for any topic to establish faux-authoritativeness. See -->> Stand up comedy was invented in the US. Rakugo[1] may have been invented before, has a single performer who weaves an original story through comedic scenarios, but they don't stand up. And after all, if they aren't standing up, is it stand up at all ? The limitations of one institution give it identity, while the limitations of the other render if unworthy. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Nalanda was a university in the spirit of what it means for an institution to be a university.
In an era where all philosophy, sociology & science was Religion, it sounds fairly comprehensive. All universities were religious. The west simply like to treat universities by and for Christian denominations as somehow devoid of religion.
> Bologna was the first multi-subject, public higher degree-granting institution in history. It invented the term "University"
You can use this self-fulfilling characterization for any topic to establish faux-authoritativeness. See -->> Stand up comedy was invented in the US. Rakugo[1] may have been invented before, has a single performer who weaves an original story through comedic scenarios, but they don't stand up. And after all, if they aren't standing up, is it stand up at all ? The limitations of one institution give it identity, while the limitations of the other render if unworthy. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Nalanda was a university in the spirit of what it means for an institution to be a university.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo