Nature's ReligionIn Nature's Religion, distinguished theologian and philosopher Robert S. Corrington weaves together the concept of infinite semiosis with that of the transference to show that the self does have access to something in nature that is intrinsically religious. |
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... encounter special complexities or " sacred folds " of things that slow the horizontal flow of our attention and direct our sensibilities to the vertical dimension of origins . At one level these are merely elements within nature natured ...
... encounter special complexities or " sacred folds " of things that slow the horizontal flow of our attention and direct our sensibilities to the vertical dimension of origins . At one level these are merely elements within nature natured ...
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... encounter with desire and the unconscious , both personal and collective . Philosophers have been loath to acknowledge the role that their own psyche plays in thought , especially when that thought is driven to build a categorial array ...
... encounter with desire and the unconscious , both personal and collective . Philosophers have been loath to acknowledge the role that their own psyche plays in thought , especially when that thought is driven to build a categorial array ...
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... encounter with the unconscious of nature ( nature naturing ) the unconscious of the self is opened to its own depth and shown that nature is infinitely greater in scope and complexity than any projection . Projections move too quickly ...
... encounter with the unconscious of nature ( nature naturing ) the unconscious of the self is opened to its own depth and shown that nature is infinitely greater in scope and complexity than any projection . Projections move too quickly ...
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... encounter the three modes of thermodynamic time in which time must move in only one direction . The thermodynamic model is deeply tied to the modal understanding of time . The arrow of time moves forward , yet each form of temporality ...
... encounter the three modes of thermodynamic time in which time must move in only one direction . The thermodynamic model is deeply tied to the modal understanding of time . The arrow of time moves forward , yet each form of temporality ...
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... encounters the downward spiral of all that is . The pretemporal dimension of nature is not subject to entropy , and , by implication , thermodynamic time . The potencies have neither beginning nor end as such predicates have no meaning ...
... encounters the downward spiral of all that is . The pretemporal dimension of nature is not subject to entropy , and , by implication , thermodynamic time . The potencies have neither beginning nor end as such predicates have no meaning ...
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Page 19 - The will, considered purely in itself, is devoid of knowledge, and is only a blind, irresistible urge, as we see it appear in inorganic and vegetable nature and in their laws, and also in the vegetative part of our own life.