Wynand de Beer

Reality (eBook, ePUB)

From Metaphysics to Metapolitics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What is reality? Most people in the modern world are ignorant of metaphysical realities, not to mention the prevalence of semantic confusion, and therefore Wynand de Beer aims to counter this ignorance and confusion. He employs numerous insights from classical Greek philosophy and traditional Christian theology in order to discuss the various levels of reality, ranging from the highest (the divine) to the lowest (the material). The author then deals with a range of philosophical and theological themes in the light of the preceding discussion. These include well-being and love, time and eternity, good and evil, truth and knowledge, and the survival of the soul beyond bodily death, which is the only kind of immortality that human beings may attain. A lengthy chapter also deals with the manifestation of higher levels of consciousness in religion, mathematics, and music. In the later chapters of the book, the author subjects salient aspects of the Western sociocultural phenomenon known as "political correctness" to critical scrutiny. In the process, these ideologically driven and media-promoted "isms" are contrasted with both Hellenic and Christian thought, and the penetrating writings of traditionalist and/or anti-modernist thinkers from different parts of the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781532686474
• Artikelnr.: 58114414

Autorenporträt

Wynand de Beer is a South African who taught in Cape Town until he moved to Ireland, where he completed his master's dissertation on the philosophy of Eriugena. This was followed by doctoral research in Hellenic philosophy and evolutionary theory, on which his book From Logos to Bios (2018) is based. His research articles on Hellenic philosophy and Patristic theology have been published in various peer-reviewed journals in the United States and South Africa.