The Problem of the One in the Many

Philosophy is still discussing these very prevalent topics 2500 years later. Pantheism, materialism, empiricism, rationalism, monism, dualism are all discussed by philosophers today. The question of the one in the many, which we brought up last time, was so prevalent in the priests of critics. Is it better to be in eternity? Is time of a diminished status lesser than the eternal? Are these opposites cashed out in a philosophy of opposites?