Category: Monism and Pluralism
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A is A: Monism Refuted
This from The Collected Poems and Epigrams of J. V. Cunningham, Swallow Press, 1971, p. 118, epigram #47: This Monist who reduced the swarmOf being to a single form,Emptying the universe for fun,Required two A's to think them one. Notes 1. The title is Cunningham's own. 2. Poetic license extends to use-mention confusion. 3. It was…
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Theomonism
Richard E. Hennessey coins the useful term 'theomonism' to describe the onto-theological position of Seyyed Hossein Nasr. "Theomonism is the conjoint thesis that (1) there is but one and only one being, and thus the 'monism,' and (2) God is that being, and thus the 'theo.'" So there is exactly one being, and that being…