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The Indelible Presence of the Divine: Eric Voegelin on the Meaning of Symbols

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One of the big takeaways of Voegelin’s philosophy is the insight that our symbolizations of divinity emerge not as the affirmation of a fact, but as the expression of an inner movement undertaken in response to the mystery of human existence and suffering. These symbols do not refer to an objective reality exterior to man… The post The Indelible Presence of the Divine: Eric Voegelin on the Meaning of Symbols appeared first on VoegelinView.

One of the big takeaways of Voegelin’s philosophy is the insight that our symbolizations of divinity emerge not as the affirmation of a fact, but as the expression of an inner movement undertaken in response to the mystery of human existence and suffering. These symbols do not refer to an objective reality exterior to man…

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