The Eternal World Picture
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Absolute and relative truth — and why the difference matters outside philosophy
Two kinds of truth, distinguished by where the analysis starts from. Both are necessary — and confusing them is what makes so many arguments…
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Contrast — and how it becomes an argument for eternal life
Nothing can be experienced except against something else. Follow that far enough and it stops being a remark about perception and becomes an argument…
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The two purposes of life — the timely one and the eternal one
“What is the purpose of my life?” is really two questions wearing one set of clothes, and they have different answers. Separating them makes…
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What is alive? Telling living beings from things
Everyone can sort the world into alive and not alive. Almost nobody can say what the sorting rule is — and the usual answers…
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The case for vegetarian food, made from the bottom up
The usual arguments for vegetarianism are about health, climate, or the suffering of large animals. This one starts somewhere else: with what food is…
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Living beings inside living beings — the principle of life units
Your cells are living beings inside you. Follow that upward and the Earth, the solar system, and the galaxy are living beings too —…
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What is eternity? Not a very long time
Eternity is usually imagined as a very long time. Martinus’ definition rules that out — and the distinction turns out to matter far beyond…
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An introduction to the eternal world picture
The first video on the channel, and still the widest one: a twenty-minute pass over the whole of Martinus’ world picture, from the spiritual…
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