03.09.08
Schopenhauer and atheism
James comment on Religion of atheism, and shifting sand dunes
James said,
March 7, 2008 at 8:15 pm
It’s unfair that these reductionists have co-opted “atheism.” I don’t see much in common between them and Schopenhauer besides the lack of belief in a deity or “higher power.”
The question of Schopenhauer is especially apt since his, and Kant’s, transcendental idealism shows the mysterious matrix that lies behind all these views.
That’s why I recommended Schopenhauer to SK: there is something comprehensive about this phase of German classical philosophy: at a stroke, the legacies of ‘mysticism’ (Vedanta/Upanishadism), philosophy, science, and religion come together in one common framework.
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