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The Inherent Wave of Being—a Treatise on Metaphysical Humanism, part V—Missing the Point
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The Inherent Wave of Being—a Treatise on Metaphysical Humanism, part V—Missing the Point

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Oct 04, 2018
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Missing the point

 I say that we’re missing the point simply because mankind’s study of the physical world around him has become the central and major focus of all of our sciences, to the detriment of a real understanding according to principles of metaphysical humanism. We have become accustomed to studying the trees, not the forest.

 I can’t think of an…

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