Category: Philosophy
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Communication In Depth and Shallow; Discourse as Skill Logical positivism rejects metaphysics in our material reality and insists upon empirical verification; and the philosophical and spiritual arguments are founded upon discourse. So then it must be asked, can truth ever be known without language? Kierkegaard, with his focus on subjective experience, would likely dismiss this…
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Critique of Kierkegaard Within Manteia Manteic theory ontology (as part of Resurrexit Spiritus) posits that imagination and rationality are not opposites but co-dependent forces, a synthesis that allows for a deeper understanding of reality. Yet Kierkegaard, in his rejection of Hegelianism, often dismissed reason as a mere tool of the intellect, incapable of grasping the…
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Reconciling Objective and Subjective If Heidegger’s existentialism sought to reconcile a perspective of Christian theology with the modern age’s fragmented self, Kierkegaard took a different path, one that rejected even the idea of universal truths in favour of the individual, as the sole arbiter of meaning and beauty. Is this not a structure built on…
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The Common Light of Elevation in Spirit and Rationality in Material Manteic ontology (https://24k.cc/?s=manteic; click for a listing of articles on the topic) is a bold proposition that challenges both Heideggerian existentialism and the idea that logical positivism as a rule for understanding the material necessarily refutes spirit. At its core, the manteic ontology posits…
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Going to be focusing upon this series for a bit due to the extent of the arguments I must make. There is much to say on this topic, as well as confusion, so my efforts here are fruitful, especially at this moment in history when our task will be to expose self-obsessive materialists to the…
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Power is in the Foundation; Bedrock of Culture is in Spirit and Purpose What is culture but the outward manifestations of the spirit which naturally binds humanity? Shared sets of histories, values, art, traditions, and beliefs that define who we are. It is not merely in the artistic or physical products of artistry; it is…
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Heidegger’s Position as Christianity in Existential Disguise Is Martin Heidegger’s philosophy merely an existentialist echo of Christian theology, or is it something altogether different? This idea reveals a fascinating tension, a kind of philosophical Babel in which there is a merging of sacred ideas with the secular. Heidegger once aspired to be a Jesuit priest…