dialectical materialism, a philosophical approach to reality derived from the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. For Marx and Engels, materialism meant that the material world, perceptible to the senses, has objective reality independent of mind or spirit. They did not deny the reality of mRead more
dialectical materialism, a philosophical approach to reality derived from the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. For Marx and Engels, materialism meant that the material world, perceptible to the senses, has objective reality independent of mind or spirit. They did not deny the reality of mental or spiritual processes but affirmed that ideas could arise, therefore, only as products and reflections of material conditions. Marx and Engels understood materialism as the opposite of idealism, by which they meant any theory that treats matter as dependent on mind or spirit, or mind or spirit as capable of existing independently of matter. For them, the materialist and idealist views were irreconcilably opposed throughout the historical development of philosophy. They adopted a thoroughgoing materialist approach, holding that any attempt to combine or reconcile materialism with idealism must result in confusion and inconsistency.
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I would like to answer the first question which is what motivated me to appear for UPSC CSE. First of all from my childhood my family told me that I had the dream of becoming an IAS officer,at that time I would only know about becoming a DM and not know anything about UPSC or the exam growing up I dRead more
I would like to answer the first question which is what motivated me to appear for UPSC CSE.
First of all from my childhood my family told me that I had the dream of becoming an IAS officer,at that time I would only know about becoming a DM and not know anything about UPSC or the exam growing up I did develop interest in other career options the dream of becoming a civil servant stood up amongst all and that how I started to know about the exam and the more I read I realise that the value and ethics which this act of service demands I have those in me such as honesty, integrity, work ethics, transparency, accountability etc and I found myself more closer to this exam and I truly believe that this service has so much power to impact the society and my vision for life and country aligns with what is demanded from the civil servants and to understand the ground realities even more I completed my masters from Delhi school of social work in social work where I worked very closely with vulnerable communities, understood their real life issues tried to provide them as a social worker and this is how passionate I m to become a civil servant.
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