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Dialectic Spiritualism Chapter II

Dialectic Spiritualism | The Early Theists | Augustine (354-430)

Hayagriva dasa: Augustine considered the soul to be spiritual and incorporeal, but he also believed that the soul of the individual does not exist prior to birth. The soul attains its immortality only at death, and then goes on to live through eternity. Srila Prabhupada: If the soul is created, how is it immortal? How […]

Dialectic Spiritualism | The Early Theists | Origen (185?-254?)

Hayagriva dasa: Origen is generally considered the founder of formal Christian philosophy, because he was the first to attempt to establish Christianity on the basis of philosophy as well as faith. He believed that the ultimate spiritual reality consists of the supreme, infinite Person, God, as well as individual personalities. Ultimate reality may be defined […]

Dialectic Spiritualism | The Early Theists | Plotinus (205?-270 A.D.)

Hayagriva dasa: Plotinus, as well as Origen, studied philosophy in Alexandria under the supposed founder of Neo-Platonism, Ammonius Saccas. Plotinus ascribed to a theory of emanation, which holds that the soul emanates from the intelligence just as the intelligence emanates from the One. The intelligence (nous) is multiple and yet one at the same time. The […]

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