Thursday, May 04, 2017
Substance shapes form
If I say, substance over form, then the
substance can shape the form. That could apply to style as well to
deeper philosophy. For example, if religion, philosophy and art see
the highest reality as non-material Ideas, then that substance will
shape the forms of religion, philosophy and art.
When we rate the material reality of
objects lower than the non-material Ideas or math equations that only represent the objects---as most religion and philosophy does---then
we usually get over-complicated forms of religion and philosophy,
with forms that end up trying to impress rather than illuminate, since there is no non-material reality.
Would the substance
look classical in form if we define Godhood as attained by way
of material evolution to a supermaterial Godhood? Not entirely if the classical Gods were only
Ideas and not real material or supermaterial objects.
The real material object is primary in
comparison to the secondary non-material idea which represents the
object. Supermaterial Godhood is primary and the non-material inward
Ideas that represent God are secondary.
It seems to me that with substance valued over form then the forms of religion, philosophy, art, and style can become clear, simplified, and reduced. That is what evolutionary realism points toward, as seen in theological materialism.
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