PHILOS 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sufism, Dream Argument, Henotheism
5 Apr 2016
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What is needed is submission to the good beings. There are perfect beings, krishna is one of them, submit to him. Henotheism: practical monotheism, with a deeper pantheism underlying it. On a day to day basis, we serve/submit to/etc a single personal deity. This helps us to act without desire as we pursue even deeper understanding of ultimate reality (atman is brahman, moksha, etc) islam one of three abrahamic religions: Omnibenevolence / perfect goodness greatest possible person knowledge > know all the truths power to act > able to do anything reasons/intentions/character > only good explains all other things (creator and sustainer) groups within islam sunni & shia. Originate from a dispute over succession from mohamed sufism: a school of thought, group of methods, and ideas within other groups. Thematic similarities to things we"ve seen in other asian philosophies. A very large % of muslims live in asia.
