CHAPTER SIX. ELIJAH AND THE TORAH-CENTERED AND APOCALYPTIC WISDOM TRADITIONS IN PALESTINIAN AMORAIC AND POST-AMORAIC SOURCES

Abstract I here examine the underlying order of Plutarch’s Isis and Osiris, following compositional cues the author uses to highlight its themes, in order to draw out distinctive features of Plutarch’s philosophical agenda. After placing the text in the context of Plutarch’s general themes and his other main Platonic-hermeneutical works, I follow the indications of key framing devices to bring to the surface his structuring concerns first with the erotic character of the cosmos, in which human eros is at home, and second with the intentions of ancient lawgivers to civilize human communities, both of which he sees represented in the Isis myth. The text thus exemplifies both Plutarch’s recovery of the unity in Plato of metaphysics and political philosophy and his manner of achieving that recovery through a coordinated threefold hermeneutics of wisdom traditions and human and cosmic phenomena.

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Beyond Combination: How Cosmic Consciousness Grounds Ordinary Experience

Journal of the American Philosophical Association ◽

10.1017/apa.2018.30 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 390-410 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ITAY SHANI ◽

JOACHIM KEPPLER

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Quantum Field Theory ◽

Vacuum State ◽

Present Approach ◽

Quantum Field ◽

Eastern Philosophy ◽

Stochastic Electrodynamics ◽

Ordinary Experience ◽

Wisdom Traditions ◽

Ordinary Consciousness

AbstractThe aim of this paper is twofold. First, our purpose is to propose and motivate a novel and scientifically informed variant of cosmopsychism, namely, the view that the experiences of ordinary subjects are ultimately grounded in an all-pervading cosmic consciousness. Second, we will demonstrate that this approach generates promising avenues for addressing familiar problems of phenomenal constitution. We use stochastic electrodynamics (SED) as the physical bedrock of our approach, supplementing it with key insights about the nature of consciousness long emphasized in eastern philosophy and other wisdom traditions. We proceed to show that our approach substantiates an intriguing way of thinking about the dynamical emergence of ordinary consciousness from cosmic consciousness, identifying the latter with the vacuum state of quantum field theory. Finally, we argue that the present approach is well suited to address problems of phenomenal constitution, in particular as they pertain to the qualities and structure of experience and to the generation of subjects.

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10 Wisdom Traditions in Some Early Rabbinic Prayers?

Jews, Bible and Prayer ◽

10.1515/9783110486704-011 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 210-230

Keyword(s):

Wisdom Traditions

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Breaking the Frame of Digital, Dream, and Waking Realities

Virtual and Augmented Reality ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5469-1.ch067 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1393-1421

Author(s):

Jayne I. Gackenbach ◽

Sarkis Hakopdjanian

Keyword(s):

Video Game ◽

Potential Consequence ◽

Game Play ◽

True Nature ◽

Video Game Play ◽

Wisdom Traditions ◽

Digital Physics

Just as our dreaming reality is constructed, our waking reality may also be constructed. While our waking reality influences our lives the most, other constructed realities also have impact. Yet, never before has such a large part of the population been so widely affected by another constructed reality beyond dreaming; specifically, our technologically constructed digital reality through video game play. One potential consequence of video game play is breaking the illusion or ‘frame' of our dreams as reality through various dream experiences. Many of the world's wisdom traditions believe that waking reality is an illusion, and now this idea is supported by modern digital physics. While being aware of the illusory nature of waking reality is difficult, it may be easier to break the framework of perception or ‘wake up' to the true nature of reality in alternative realities, such as digital and dreaming. This chapter will review the evidence collected in the video game and dream laboratory to explore how video game play is breaking the frame within dreaming realities.

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Some False Step

Fallenness and Flourishing ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198849094.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-43

Author(s):

Hud Hudson

Keyword(s):

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Religious Orientation ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Global Politics ◽

Good News ◽

Private Lives ◽

Wisdom Traditions ◽

The Future ◽

History Of

This first chapter argues that the philosophy of pessimism is well grounded, quite independent of any particular religious orientation. At its core, the philosophy of pessimism simply offers (on the whole) dismal predictions about what nearly all of us can expect to experience in our private lives and interpersonal relationships, about the welfare of our fellow creatures, about the character of our social institutions and global politics, and about our prospects for progress on these matters in the future. The collective evidence for this view drawn from the plight of animals, the natural dispositions of human persons, our checkered history of social and political institutions, the world’s religions and wisdom traditions, and humanity’s achievements in art, literature, music, and philosophy is clear and compelling. Moreover, the chapter argues that this pessimism is overdetermined and even more austere for the Christian who takes the doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin seriously. Yet the good news for the Christian is that this philosophy of pessimism can be tempered by reasons for optimism—reasons which furnish a hope for salvation and also a hope that before every tear is wiped away, the groans of creation and the sufferings of its creatures will have properly inspired us to cooperate with God in the process of Atonement. Finally, special attention is given to the Felix Culpa theodicy as a further source of optimism for the Christian.

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