Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

Ep. 23 - Romanticism

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Jun 21, 2019
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INSIGHT

Descartes' Disconnection

  • Descartes' philosophy created a disconnect between mind and body, mind and others, and mind and reality.
  • This disconnection leads to an unstable sense of reality, swinging between positivism and romanticism.
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The Need for Transformation

  • We need a fundamental transformation to address current crises, but traditional religion and secular solutions seem inadequate.
  • This creates a need for a solution that is neither fully religious nor fully secular.
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Kant's Copernican Revolution

  • Kant questioned why math effectively describes reality, challenging the prevailing view.
  • He proposed that mathematical properties are not inherent in the world but are imposed by the mind to make sense of experience.
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