politics and religion: christianity versus the pantheistic

[David Morris]

Wow, I like this.  BTW I am currently loving with abandon my first read of any
Beckett novel, starting with the first of the trilogy, Malloy.

Thanks, Terrance

DM

--- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> David Morris wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Then what perceives the perceiver?
> > >
> > > Undoubtedly, another perceiver.
> 
> The most interesting early scientific account of the continuity of the
> soul is Leibnitz's which conceives the soul as belonging to a larger
> class of permanent
> spiritual substances which he called MONADS. These MONDAS spend their
> whole existence from the creation on in the act of perceiving one
> another; although some perceive with great clarity and distinctness, and
> others in a blurred and confused manner. This perception does not
> however represent any true interaction of the MONADS. The MONADS "have
> no windows," and have been wound up by God at the creation of the world
> so that they shall maintain their foreordained relationships with one
> another through all eternity. They are indestructible.  (HUHB 99)
> Wiener's summary of Leibnitz's position regarding the human soul, first
> in relation to other souls, and then in relation to God. 
> 
> Blurry vision. Through a glass? Darkly? The Preterit of GR for sure. And
> the Elect have the X-ray vision (Mucho and Zoyd, poor fools, imagine
> they had it in VL, but they are nearly as infected with Death as the
> Thanatoids). God has left this mess to spin, to turn, to unwind. Ah, the
> gnostics have a vision of the All. A nihilistic petty perception. All
> but Captain Blicero. He's a special case. He wants out of the rational
> routine, but his path is anti-pantheistic. Christianity, of course, is
> pantheistic. From Aristotle to the Arab world to the Church. Sanskrit
> not included.


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