Dialectic Spiritualism

Hayagriva dasa: Augustine considered the soul to be spiritual and incorporeal, but he also believed that … Dialectic Spiritualism – The Early Theists – Augustine (354-430)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: Thomas Aquinas compiled the entire Church doctrine in Summa Theologiae, which constitutes the official … Dialectic Spiritualism – III SCHOLAS TICISM – Thomas Aquinas (1225?-1274)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: Scotus, a Thirteenth Century Scotsman, was Thomas Aquinas’s principal antagonist. Whereas Aquinas emphasized the … Dialectic Spiritualism – III SCHOLAS TICISM – John Duns Scotus (1265?-1308)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: Machiavelli has been called the most influential political philosopher of the Renaissance, and his … Dialectic Spiritualism – IV Renaissance Thought – Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: Francis Bacon is generally acknowledged as the founding father of modern science in England, … Dialectic Spiritualism – IV Renaissance Thought – Francis Bacon (1561-1626)Read more

Syamasundara dasa: It is Hobbes who declared, “Whatever exists is matter, and whatever changes is motion. … Dialectic Spiritualism – IV Renaissance Thought – Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: In Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes writes: “The power of forming a good judgement … Dialectic Spiritualism – V Rationalism – Rene Descartes (1596-1650)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: Pascal saw man situated in the universe between two extremes: infinity and nothingness. Man … Dialectic Spiritualism – V Rationalism – Blaise Pascal (1623-1666)Read more

Hayagriva dasa: Spinoza asserts that God cannot be a remote cause of the creation. He sees … Dialectic Spiritualism – V Rationalism – Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677)Read more

Syamasundara dasa: Leibnitz was a German mathematician and philosopher who maintained that in the universe, every … Dialectic Spiritualism – V Rationalism – Gottfried von Leibnitz (1646-1716)Read more