theology
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Symbolism
Reality consists of levels of being where multiplicity is drawn into unity. These unities are then gathered into higher levels of organisation.
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Heresies
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Transhumanism
The underlying philosophical concept is the unification of opposites, whether male and female, or even good and evil, as a pathway to a higher spiritual reality.
March 16, 2026
Heresies
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Neoplatonism
The term Neoplatonism is a modern invention, first used in the 18th century to distinguish the systematic thought of Plotinus and his successors from the original doctrines of Plato
March 16, 2026
philosophy
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Plato
Platonism serves as a fundamental refutation of materialism and naive empiricism, which Plato rightly saw as a trap for those bound by the senses.
March 16, 2026
Ideas
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The Limits of Understanding
Finite intelligence is surrounded by a cloud of mystery, the miraculous, which acts as a buffer between the finite and the infinite.
March 16, 2026
Ideas
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Materialism
Materialists envision a totally "new order" built by men liberated from the yoke of God, upon the ruins of an old order founded on the divine.
March 16, 2026
People
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Thomas Hobbes
Arguably the most important English political thinker, renowned for his magnum opus, Leviathan, published in 1651 during the tumultuous backdrop of the English Civil War.
March 16, 2026
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Sigmund Freud
Freud argued that civilisation had been constructed primarily to control the dangerous animal forces inside human beings.
March 16, 2026
People
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Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan was a pivotal intellectual of the 20th century, a pioneer in the field of communications, whose profound insights into technology and media.
March 16, 2026
books
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Plato's Republic
Philosopher-rulers are compelled to govern despite their preference for contemplation. Only those rich in virtue and wisdom are permitted to hold power. Their connection to the divine enables them to rule with scientific precision.
March 16, 2026
War
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The Art of War
All warfare is based on deception. A general must maintain total perception of control by inducing simulated disorder or fear in the enemy to bait them into fatal errors.
March 16, 2026
Heresies
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Dualism
Dualism is a foundational position in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind that asserts that reality comprises at least **two fundamentally distinct substances or principles**.
March 11, 2026