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Dialectic Spiritualism Chapter 1

Dialectic Spiritualism | The Greek Foundation | Aristotle (384-322 B . C. )

Hayagriva dasa: Plato made a sharp distinction between the material and spiritual universes, but this dualism is not expressed by Aristotle. Since matter is simply one of God’s energies, the finite reflects the infinite. Matter is a potency in the process of realizing itself. Srila Prabhupada: Aristotle may know something of God’s energies, but our […]

Dialectic Spiritualism | The Greek Foundation | Plato (427-347 B.C.)

Hayagriva dasa: For Plato, the spiritual world is not a mental conception; rather, truth is the same as ultimate reality, the ideal or the highest good, and it is from this that all manifestations and cognitions flow. Plato uses the word eidos (idea) in order to denote a subject’s primordial existence, its archetypal shape. Doesn’t […]

Dialectic Spiritualism | The Greek Foundation | Socrates (470?-399 B.C.)

Hayagriva dasa: When a student of Socrates once said, “I cannot refute you, Socrates, ” Socrates replied, “Say, rather, that you cannot refute the truth, for Socrates is easily refuted.” He thus considered the Absolute Truth transcendental to mental speculation and personal opinion. Srila Prabhupada: That is correct. If we accept Krsna, God, as the […]

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