Gandhi’s self-deceptive temperament lets him abandon beliefs on his own schedule
Evidence
The real reason why the Mahatma is suffering from this confusion is probably to be traced to two sources. The first is the temperament of the Mahatma. He has in almost everything the simplicity of the child, with the child’s capacity for self-deception. Like a child, he can believe in anything he wants to believe in. We must therefore wait till such time as it pleases the Mahatma to abandon his faith in varna, as it has pleased him to abandon his faith in caste. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1262
Categorization
Category: Craft and Method
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