Yes and no. This is a reasonable defense of Steve Jobs, but not a reasonable defense of using the statement as a reply to Crowley’s theory of yoga. The first conclusion of the statement—that India needs more Western values—is okay. The second conclusion—that therefore, the West can’t learn from Indian “spiritual wisdom”—doesn’t follow. To reply to Crowley’s theory, it needs to prove the second conclusion.
Yes and no. This is a reasonable defense of Steve Jobs, but not a reasonable defense of using the statement as a reply to Crowley’s theory of yoga. The first conclusion of the statement—that India needs more Western values—is okay. The second conclusion—that therefore, the West can’t learn from Indian “spiritual wisdom”—doesn’t follow. To reply to Crowley’s theory, it needs to prove the second conclusion.
Nowhere does it state that “the West can’t learn from Indian “spritiual wisdom”″.