Introduction Leibniz uses the Greek term Monad to describe a simple substance, which I will then describe as what is essentially a unitary system unto itself. This commentary will begin with allowing Leibniz himself to introduce his ideas, with brief commentary, followed by an important development and exposition on the work at large with continued... Continue Reading →
On Asceticism: Against Immaterial-Material Dualism
An extremely prevalent position central to the personal philosophies and metaphysics of various spiritualists, and even a core teaching in several systems โ is an overly dichotomized dynamic between the immaterial and the material, a duality between the two wherein they are thought of as less of a dynamic and moreso as two diametrically opposed... Continue Reading →
Corpus Hermetica Commentary: Poemander
8. Then Poemander said to me, Do you understand this vision and what it means? I shall know, said I. Then said he, I am that light, the mind, thy God,1 who am before that moist nature which appeared out of darkness; and that bright and shining word from the mind is the Son of... Continue Reading →
On Genesis and the Fall
A short interpretation of the Fall of Adam and Eve following their eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, this interpretation is made with the consideration that the story is a metaphysical parable relaying the principles of reality and function of said principles in a kind of human drama.
The Principle of Inertia
INTRODUCTION In contemporary physics, inertia refers to the tendency to remain unchanged, or resistance to change. It is the nature whereby something's condition will remain as it is until acted upon by an outside force. Inertia functions as an impulse towards the unchanged condition, whatsoever that condition might be - we can label whatever that... Continue Reading →
On Good and Evil
On the weight of good and evil as principles fundamental to reality and their classical conventions in reality.
