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Part 5 of 6
1. The Emergence of the Gunas from Brahman
We are obviously dealing with three principles which manifest themselves in different forms. These principles have the status of Platonic ideas: transcendent forms which we may approach through their various expressions in the world. But can we express the three principles in the abstract? Read more …
The Metaphysics of Indo-European Tripartition, Part 6
F. W. J. Schelling & Indo-European Triparition
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Friedrich Schelling, 1775–1854
Part 6 of 6
1. Schelling’s Influences: The Christian Trinity and Jacob Boehme
I turn, finally, to a different Indo-European tradition, that of German Idealism of the 19th century. I include this material so as to show the perennial character of Indo-European thought. One could argue that the entire history of Western (and Indian) philosophy is a long, unconscious attempt to recollect the wisdom known “directly” by our Indo-European ancestors. Read more …