The Issue of Mindset

according to the laws of Nature. From the smallest germ to human beings, all forms of life on Earth, he contended, had emerged in a way consistent with the known laws of Nature. An enormous amount of research was done on Darwin’s thesis after his death. Although some modifications were later made to its original form, the Darwinian Theory of Evolution came to be accepted by almost all modern scientists as accepted fundamental truth. Consequently, whether consciously or unconsciously, it came to be widely believed across the world that the creation of human beings had nothing to do with God, their Creator. This was a vital implication of the Theory of Evolution. The third group among modern thinkers was represented by Karl Marx (1818-1883). Marx gave a materialistic explanation of human history, which he termed a ‘scientific’ interpretation. He claimed that a continuous class struggle governed history. He termed this as a fundamental law. Class struggle, he opined, determined the present and the future of humankind. In ancient times, human beings considered history to be determined by fate. They believed in a supreme God who shaped human history. However, the philosophy