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i wonder what religious studies people make of Hegel's philosophy of religion
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letslearntogether 2 years ago

I'm not sure if I would consider myself a religious studies person and have not read "Introduction to the Philsophy of Religion" yet, but if it takes a "Phenomenological" approach to spirituality, I'm all for it...

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letslearntogether 2 years ago

...Some related work is that of Rudolf Steiner, particularly the ideas that have Goethe as an influence. A lot of "mysticism", Christian and otherwise, has a tendency to home in on conditioning oneself in order to receive personal revelation ("gnosis")...

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letslearntogether 2 years ago

...It can be quite pratical at times too (e.g.: like how regular meditation leads to physiological changes that quiet the mind and bring about a long-term sense of peace). Buddhism is a particularly clear example of this...

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letslearntogether 2 years ago

...Generally, I believe that all science came about through such methods and can be directly traced all the way back into prehistory by way of what would now be referred to as "Alchemy". The "natural philosophers" (Decartes, Newton, Leibniz, et al.) were quite mystical...

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letslearntogether 2 years ago

...For example, Decartes' "Meditations" is literally a Yoga manual. It demonstrates a method for obtaining "moksha" (or "liberation") through knowledge of Self. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa4WtuR0wbY]

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mental-labour 2 years ago

thanks for your input! i meant more along the lines of the actual academic discipline of religious studies but you might be interested in Glenn A. Magee's Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition

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mental-labour 2 years ago

i don't consider myself terribly interested in mysticism and while i found Magee's book somewhat interesting i found allegations of Hegel's hermeticism sort of besides the point to Hegel's larger philosophical project and ambitions

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letslearntogether 2 years ago

Ah, I see. While I am not too familar with the field, maybe the work of Jon Stewart can give us some clues? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart_(philosopher)

letslearntogether 2 years ago

I would not be surprised if you've already heard of him though. Thanks for the heads up on the Magee book. I have to check that one out. Looks fantastic!

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mental-labour 2 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/c/ReligionForBreakfast don't know if you ever watch this guy but he's got a PhD in religious studies and i find his videos fascinating, he namedropped some scholars important to the field but i'll have to rewatch some of his videos to find them

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