Footnotes2Plato

“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead

Tag: nondualism

  • Cast of One: Non-Dual Spirituality and the Diversity of Divinity (dialogue with Sami Chhapra)

    Sami Chhapra: Hi, Matt! Matt Segall: Hello, my friend. Sami Chhapra: Hello! Matt Segall: How are you doing this morning? Sami Chhapra: Good, thanks. How are you? Are you feeling better? Matt Segall: Yeah. I slept in. Philo allowed me to sleep in, which is very nice of him. Sami Chhapra: You look nice and rested. Matt Segall: Good. Sami Chhapra: So we’re recording…

  • Schelling’s and Shankara’s Nondual Visions [audio and video]

    I was recently in dialogue with a friend and colleague at CIIS, James Barnes. We discussed the convergences and divergences in the thoughts of Schelling and Shankara. To what extent were both after a nondual philosophy? I suggested that Schelling ends up affirming a trinitarian view of Godhead that preserves differentiation (though still a differentiation-in-unity) for the…