"that one Substance manifests itself as the
seeming many elements of the material world...
It is the foundation of all the Oriental philosophies, and of those of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz,
Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Emerson".
Grant Says:
There are so many variants of eastern and oriental philosophy that I'm just going to leave them in general terms but I thought I'd continue my SOGR preface discussion by talking more about the individual characters Wattles references:
1) Descartes
Rene Descartes was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy,"
After receiving a sound education in mathematics, classics, and law at La Flèche and Poitiers, René Descartes embarked on a brief career in military service with Prince Maurice in Holland and Bavaria. Unsatisfied with scholistic philosophy and troubled by skepticism of the sort expounded by Montaigne, Descartes soon conceived a comprehensive plan for applying mathematical methods in order to achieve perfect certainty in human knowledge.
the Descartes wiki
Descartes Quotes:
"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.
Discours de la Méthode
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things."
Discours de la Méthode
Rene Descartes
"the two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind"
Rene Descartes
2) Spinoza
Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza was a dutch philosopher.
3) Leibnitz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a mathmatician and philosopher
The Leibnitz Wiki:
4) Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher best known for his work 'The World as Will and Representation.' Schopenhauer responded to and expanded upon Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world. His critique of Kant, his creative solutions to the problems of human experience, and his explication of the limits of human knowledge are among his most important achievements. His metaphysical theory is the foundation of his influential writings on psychology, aesthetics, ethics, and politics which influenced Friedrich Nietzsche, Wagner, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Sigmund Freud and others...
The Schopenhauer Wiki
5)Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century.
Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature.
The Emerson Wiki
Grant says: I find it interesting how all these minds are around in times in history willing to question the nature of who we are. It's interesting to see so many hypothesizing, only to have their contemporaries tear their work apart. Here lies the effective evolution of academic knowledge. Of course as many of the more savvy philosophers began to realize, there is more to life than mere academic discourse, there is your inner knowing and the discovery of your true self, the self actualized explorer who uncovers a deeper knowledge through observation of their thoughts feelings actions and reactions is a powerful being indeed.
Okidokey guys, I know this post is a bit scrappy; I'm still not sure exactly how much information to include but I think there is the basis of a reference point for the universally enlightened people Wallace d Wattles mentions in this section of the preface.
Feel free to leave any comments on how to improve this section or any discussions you're inspired to share :)
I'll go back and edit it when i get a spare moment and it should take some better shape,
till next time,
keep choosing,
Grant
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