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Everything that exists is part of the One. The Universe or cosmos is a complete entity unfolding in time, and it is Absolute, by which Schelling means nothingness is not part of its nature. However, Schelling goes further than Spinoza, for he argues that the conscious self is itself the consciousness of the Universe, the ‘World-Soul’, as it unfolds and expresses itself through time. Through man, the Absolute is conscious of itself.
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Philip Stokes
Were the Australian extinction an isolated event, we could grant humans the benefit of the doubt. But the historical record makes Homo sapiens look like an ecological serial killer.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Diogenes professed a simple way of life, foregoing the trappings and distractions of civic duty in favour of a devotion to the mastery of the self.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
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