A Critique of Whitehead in Light of the Buddhist Distinction of the Two-Truth Doctrine
We need to distinguish systematically what is culturally creative from the degenerative forces that now rule the world. Whitehead comes closest to defining the creative when he identifies it as freedom on the human side and peace on the divine. Buddhist meditation can go deeper to realize the zerodi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2007
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Process studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 294-305 |
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Summary: | We need to distinguish systematically what is culturally creative from the degenerative forces that now rule the world. Whitehead comes closest to defining the creative when he identifies it as freedom on the human side and peace on the divine. Buddhist meditation can go deeper to realize the zerodimension of the communal life-as-such, which corresponds to Whiteheadean freedom-and-peace as the ultimate wellspring of cultural creativity. |
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ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/44799037 |