Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
The New Divinity

The New Divinity

Instead of the rantings of the insane we can understand the divine from what is before our eyes.

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Our notions of divinity come from the insane, or so some commentators such as Osho would have it. I tend to agree since most of these notions seem to be nothing more than inversions of our natural tendencies. So we should be meek instead of assertive, caring instead of indifferent, asexual instead of the sexual monsters we are, moderate in appetite inst…

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