Tag: Philosophy
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The Unfolding of Truth – 1: The First Light: Parmenides and the Emergence of Being
Before there were systems, there was wonder. In the earliest days of philosophy, Greek thinkers turned from mythos to logos; not to dismiss the sacred, but to seek its structure. Beneath the shifting appearances of the world, they began to ask: what abides? What is the principle that does not pass away? What is real?…
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The Unfolding of Truth Through the History of Thought – Introduction
Throughout the history of human thought, there has been a persistent intuition, often obscured, often contradicted, yet never entirely extinguished, that reality is not what it seems. From the first metaphysical inquiries in ancient Greece to the contemplative insights of Eastern sages, from the mystical speculation of late antiquity to the rational rigor of modern…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being–A Metaphysical Map
From Plato to the Eternal Structure of Being 🔹 1. Plato (4th c. BCE) Core Move: Eternal Forms vs. Temporal World 🡺 Impact: Introduces the first metaphysical dualism→ Sets up the world of change as ontologically inferior→ Seeds the logic of annihilation (what becomes can also vanish) 🔹 2. Early Christianity (1st–4th c. CE) Core…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being – 2: The Infiltration of Platonism
How Greek Metaphysics Entered Christian Thought In its earliest centuries, Christianity encountered a world saturated with Greek philosophy. Among the many schools of thought that shaped late antiquity, none was more influential—or more seductive—than Platonism. Plato offered a majestic metaphysical vision: a realm of eternal, unchanging Forms—the true Being of which all sensible things were…
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The Acrobat and the Void: When Therapy Cannot Cure Nihilism
We are like acrobats who have let go of the trapeze of tradition, of metaphysics, of a world imbued with inherent meaning. For a moment, the flight was exhilarating; the freedom of self-creation, the triumph of the individual. But now we are suspended in the void, arms outstretched, waiting for a trapeze that never arrives.…
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Contemplative Seeing and the Unshakable Center – 9
The Final Unveiling: Recognizing the Ground of Being As we bring this exploration to completion, we stand before a recognition that is both deeply familiar and profoundly transformative. Throughout history, the great traditions of religion, philosophy, and spirituality have pointed—though often in fragmented or contradictory ways—toward the same reality: the existence of a foundational ground…
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The Unbearable Truth: What Our Demographic Collapse Really Means
We are witnessing not a problem to be solved, but a fate to be understood. The converging crises of demographic implosion, unsustainable debt, and societal aging are typically diagnosed as separate policy failures: a lack of childcare incentives, flawed economic models, or medical advances that have outstripped our wisdom. But to see them this way…
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Contemplative Seeing and the Unshakable Center
Introduction: The Unveiling of Contemplation Contemplation. The word often carries religious, mystical, or philosophical weight, evoking images of silent monks, meditating sages, or deep thinkers lost in reverie. It seems distant, reserved for those who dedicate themselves to spiritual pursuits. But is this really the case? Is contemplation something rare and otherworldly, or is it…
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“I Am” – 1: The Unshakable Foundation of Being
The Most Certain Truth The search for truth often begins with questions about reality and existence: What is the nature of being? Yet, the most fundamental certainty is not found “out there” but within the immediacy of our own awareness. Before we inquire about the nature of reality, we must first recognize that we are.…
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Parmenides, the East, and the Question of Illusion
Across cultures and millennia, human thought has struggled with the same enigma: if Being is eternal, how do we account for the change and disappearance that fill our experience? Parmenides in Greece and the sages of the East each intuited the permanence of Being, yet consigned the world of appearances to illusion. Their insight was…
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City, Country, and Destiny: From Toynbee and Spengler to Severino
The Ancient Tension Civilizations have always carried within them a tension between city and countryside. The countryside ties human life to the soil, the rhythms of nature, the continuity of community and tradition. The city concentrates wealth, intellect, and power, but often at the cost of uprootedness, alienation, and imbalance. This polarity has become particularly…
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Mind & Heart: An Introduction
The human experience unfolds at the meeting point of two fundamental dimensions: mind and heart. Though we often distinguish between the two, treating one as the realm of thought and the other as the realm of emotion, they are not separate realities but facets of a unified whole. Our thinking is not devoid of feeling,…
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The Illusion of Control and the Groundless World
We often think of the current world crisis as something political or economic, something triggered by wars, shifting alliances, the collapse of trust in leadership. And while all this is visible on the surface, something deeper and more enduring lies beneath. What we’re witnessing is not merely a Western crisis, nor a contest between old…
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The Naked Emperor and the Crisis of the West
When Power Loses Its Illusion, Truth Begins to Appear A World in Turmoil We are living through a period of increasing disorientation. The symptoms are everywhere: political instability, cultural fragmentation, ecological degradation, and the collapse of trust in institutions. Each crisis feels like a rupture, and yet taken together, they begin to form a single,…
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Beyond Conditioned Thought: Article 2 – The Philosophical Unveiling—Thinking Beyond Becoming
Philosophy: Not an Escape from Thought, but a Clarification Many assume that philosophy, particularly metaphysics, seeks an abstract escape from reality, a retreat into speculation detached from lived experience. This assumption mirrors a broader misconception that truth is something to be found elsewhere rather than clarified here. However, true philosophy does not aim at abandoning…
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The Unveiling of Being – Article 1: Philosophy and the Unavoidable Recognition of Being
From Parmenides to Severino Since the dawn of Western thought, philosophy has grappled with the nature of Being. Parmenides first articulated its fundamental necessity, rejecting the very possibility of nothingness. Being, he reasoned, is eternal, unchanging, and indestructible—an insight that has remained the foundation of true metaphysical thought. Yet, throughout history, numerous attempts have been…
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Introduction to the Series: The Unveiling of Being
Signs of the Unavoidable Emergence of Truth in the Contemporary World Throughout history, human thought has sought to grasp the fundamental nature of reality. From philosophy to physics, from theology to mathematics, there has been a persistent effort to move beyond mere appearances and uncover what is truly necessary. Yet, much of modern discourse—whether scientific,…
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Beyond Left and Right – Article 1: The Collapse of Western Meta-Narratives
For centuries, the Western world was guided by grand meta-narratives that provided a sense of order, meaning, and purpose. Religious traditions, philosophical systems, and cultural frameworks shaped societies and individuals alike, offering a foundation for ethics, law, and social structures. These narratives—whether grounded in Christian theology, classical metaphysics, or Enlightenment rationalism—gave coherence to human existence,…
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Post 58 – Beyond Method: Science and the Structure of Being
The preceding exploration of philosophy, mysticism, theology, and near-death experiences (NDEs) examined how different paths attempt to unveil truth. Each of these approaches, despite their differences, ultimately gestures toward the same reality: the immediate, self-evident appearing of truth. What remained unaddressed, however, is the role of science in this interplay. If science, too, seeks to…
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Post 57 – Beyond Thought: The Structure of Being and the Convergence of Paths
The preceding discussion on philosophy, mysticism, theology, and near-death experiences (NDEs) illuminated a fundamental tension: truth is immediate, yet language and thought often obscure rather than reveal it. If philosophy does not construct truth but removes the obstructions to its appearing, and if religious, mystical, and experiential insights testify to the same immediacy, then a…
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More on Reincarnation: The Experience of Unity and the Misreading of Time
A sequel to: Post 28 – The Contradiction of Reincarnation Much of what is interpreted as “evidence” for reincarnation arises from powerful experiences in which the boundaries of individual identity appear to dissolve—experiences of deep empathy, of remembering what was never learned, or of seeing oneself within lives not one’s own. These moments can be…
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Post 56 – Beyond Words: Direct Seeing, Philosophy, and the Limits of Language
Human beings have long wrestled with the relationship between truth and language. Is truth something we discover through reasoning, or is it something immediate, beyond the grasp of conceptual thought? Philosopher Emanuele Severino argues that truth cannot be reached from untruth—reasoning alone does not produce it, because we are always already within it, even if…
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Post 55 – Beyond Theism and Atheism: A Call to Transcend the Debate
Few debates are as cyclical and fruitless as those between theists and atheists. The same arguments have been exchanged for centuries, with neither side truly convincing the other, as both operate from assumptions they rarely question. The theist often seeks to demonstrate the existence of God through metaphysical or moral arguments, while the atheist dismisses…
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Post 51 – The Error of Metaphors: The Wave, the Drop, and the Illusion of Dissolution
The Pitfall of Metaphors in Expressing Oneness Throughout history, mystics, philosophers, and those who have encountered states of heightened awareness—such as near-death experiencers (NDErs)—have attempted to describe their realization of the oneness of Being. However, their descriptions often rely on metaphors that, though evocative, implicitly carry the mistaken notions of becoming and annihilation. The wave…
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Post 50 – The Oneness of Being: Unity in Multiplicity
The One and the Many At the core of reality lies a fundamental truth: Being is one and undivided, yet it consists of an infinite plurality of distinct entities. Each being is itself, maintaining its unique identity, and yet it is seamlessly one with all others. This paradox—that everything is irreducibly itself while being inseparably…
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Post 49 – The Fragmentation of the Western Mind: Nihilism, Individualism, and the Illusion of Becoming
The Illusion of Becoming and the Western Mind The Western world, having embraced the belief that reality is fluid and that being is contingent, has plunged into an age of radical individualism and self-determination. This shift, deeply rooted in nihilism, assumes that identity, meaning, and even human nature itself are malleable constructs rather than necessary…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 7
The Challenge of Language: How Words Reinforce Illusion Language is the medium through which we express, conceptualize, and communicate reality. Yet, it is also one of the greatest barriers to understanding the eternal structure of being. The very words we use are steeped in the assumption of becoming—of things arising, changing, and perishing. As it…
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Post 41 – Love and Providence: The Experience of the Eternal Within Time
From the perspective of the eternal, all that is has always been and will always be. There is no becoming, no contingency, no arbitrary will. The structure of being is necessity itself—an immutable relation where nothing is lost, and nothing truly changes. Yet, within time, we live as though choices are ours to make, as…
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Understanding the Structure of Being: An Introduction
Many who first encounter the Structure of Being, as revealed in Emanuele Severino’s thought, find themselves facing profound difficulties—not because the truth is obscure, but because habitual ways of thinking resist it. The idea that being is eternal, that nothing truly comes into or goes out of existence, contradicts the deeply ingrained belief in becoming—the…
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Post 33 – The Structure of Being: The Necessity of What Is
The foundation of everything discussed in this blog was laid in the introduction and early posts. Readers who begin with later entries, without that groundwork, may find it difficult to grasp the frequently mentioned Structure of Being and its implications. While the explanation here is necessarily brief, I remind the reader that this blog is…
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It Is What It Is 