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Reality, Truth and Revelation
For whatever reasons, few realists have described themselves as such and most philosophical writing on realism has been against the beliefs of others. Whatever we believe is real, is something that we normally take for granted as true; it lies at the unspoken foundation of our worldview. This is why I believe it is important.…
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![[Old – from Ch1-2] Chapter 2-2: Ancient Greeks and Early Alchemists V0.4](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/nuremberg_chronicles_f_72v_2-parmenides-big.webp?w=1024)
[Old – from Ch1-2] Chapter 2-2: Ancient Greeks and Early Alchemists V0.4
Technological innovations may have been developed by this time, but their conception was not seen as we do today. They were not created or understood by means of abstract thought, but through imaginative (creative, but exact) thought pictures…
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Ancient Greek Insights
I am sad to say that I have chosen to completely rewrite my early drafts of prehistoric and Ancient Greek history almost in their entirety. They are to be replaced by two new and hopefully more relevant chapters. Their replacements concentrate on the possibly controversial Idea of Plato’s Philosopher…
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![[Old] Chapter 1-2: Introduction: The Structure of This Book [Prologue V0.1]](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-summer_breviary-renaud_de_bar-2.jpg?w=1024)
[Old] Chapter 1-2: Introduction: The Structure of This Book [Prologue V0.1]
Table of Contents ^ This website is under reconstruction! Please be patient. The book is in the process of being researched, reviewed and written.– The Table of Contents contains ^is due to contain links to the latest versions of the chapters of this book.– The Home page can be accessed via links at the top…
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Seven Stages of Alchemy
In which I search for one word summaries for each of the parts and chapters of the book and find a 7 stage alchemical journey…
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![[Old] Chapter 1-Part 5: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/liebig_company_trading_card_ad_01.12.002_front.tif.jpg?w=640)
[Old] Chapter 1-Part 5: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism
An early draft of a deprecated chapter on Medieval alchemy…
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![[Old] Chapter 1-Part 3: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Ancient Atomists](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/plato_anaxagoras__democritus_wellcome_m0009604-689607957-e1725717622223.jpg?w=1024)
[Old] Chapter 1-Part 3: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Ancient Atomists
A draft of a deprecated chapter on the so-called Ancient Greek atomists…
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Outline of Book
In which I introduce the main themes of the book: Biodynamics and Rudolf Steiner’s indications for a hidden alchemy in living processes; The taming of the atom – a sub-natural phenomenon; Biological transmutation of chemical elements and the requirement for a new Goethean scientific worldview.
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Worldviews, Outlooks and Tones: 1
My Anthroposophical friends have said that the ideas I am developing are somewhat one-sided. I must acknowledge that I struggle with spiritual, mystical concepts…
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![[Old] Rethinking Biological Transmutations – My Story so far…](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/romanvirgilfolio101r.jpg?w=914)
[Old] Rethinking Biological Transmutations – My Story so far…
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. I am getting bogged down with my first chapter. It largely covers Ancient Greek philosophical insights into many of the important matters that are to be explored in later chapters of this book. Every single one of these philosophers (at least the most significant figures up to and including Aristotle)…
Rethinking the Nature of Substance 