Aphrodite Rising: a Philosophy for Our Time - Softcover

Sullivan, Dick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0906280184 ISBN 13: 9780906280188

Publisher: Coracle Books, 2013

Synopsis

The West is in decline? Chapter One of Aphrodite Rising deals with the thinkers who believe it is. The rest of the book advances a brand new idea: the West rests on two strands of thought inherited from its Greek origins - the Platonist (spiritual) and Aristotelian (materialist and scientific). Both are needed but one - the Platonist - has been eroded and the result is a lopsidedness leading to decay. The concept of a Creator-God is at the heart of the decline - it poses too many problems for the Aristotelian wing. The problem with atheism is explained and the evolution of Western consciousness traced, with a chapter on the inability of science to account for it. The book also points out that materialism and the spiritual aren't incompatible. Other chapters explain Platonism, with the practical example of Oscar Wilde who became a Platonist in jail. Finally, the book suggests how Platonism and Christianity can be brought together, hence Aphrodite Rising.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coracle Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0906280184
• ISBN 13: 9780906280188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164