num_pages: 155
description: Gandhi was not a philosopher. He was an ordinary man who became a mahatma, a "Man of great soul." Against political, social, and military force, he used the weapons of truth, love, and nonviolence - and he won great victories. Yet, Gandhi never set down on paper any concise presentation of his beliefs. "All my philosophy," said Gandhi,"if it may be called that pretentious name, is contained in what I have said." Dhirendra Mohan Datta is a man of philosophy, and a Gandhian scholar of the first rank. He has been associated with "what Gandhi said" for more than fifty years, beginning with his experiences in Gandhi's ashram (training center) at Sabarmati (Gujarat), continuing through four years of service in Gandhi's village reconstruction program, and culminating in many years of research and teaching at the University of Patna.
language: English
title: The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi
titlecomplete: The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi
ratings_count: 4
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press