Category: The Book: Rethinking the Nature of Substance
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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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Today’s Inspiring Reads discovered during my searches for Goethe on matter and spirit
My favourite – the one that resonated with me the most – a quote from Annie Dillard’s essay: What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of anything that isn’t us? What is the difference between a cathedral and…
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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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Etheric Formative Forces
Several years ago a friend shared this wonderful artistic overview of Ernst Marti’s etheric research. I wish I knew who drew it – if it is copyright please can someone inform me – I can either remove it or at least attribute it to the person who created it. It seems to be a work…
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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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![[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 4: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism: Plato & Aristotle – Matter & Substance
A draft version of a deprecated chapter about the later classical philosophers, including the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle and the Epicureans…
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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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Notes on Counter-Space
Some quick notes and references relating to the counter-space ideas of George Adams and his source from Alfred North Whitehead…
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