Original Sungsang and Original Hyungsang are the two forms of expression of one and the same essenti
- Dr. Sun Myung Moon
- 17 мар. 2019 г.
- 2 мин. чтения
The Flemish philosopher A. Geulincx (1625-69), succeeded Descartes in developing the doctrine of dualism. He sought to solve the problem of how mind and body interact with each other by explaining that God mediates between the two. In other words, the occurrence of a mental state gives God the occasion to cause a physical action corresponding to it; and the occurrence of a physical state gives God the occasion to cause a mental state corresponding to it. This was the essence of occasionalism.10 This explanation, however, is unacceptable expediency, which no philosopher now takes seriously. The root of Descartes’ problem was that he conceived of spirit and matter as totally heterogeneous entities.
It is clear from the above discussion that the concepts of eidos (form) and hylē (matter), as well as spirit and matter, as held in Western thought, have presented a difficult impasse. These difficult problems have been resolved by the Unification Thought theory of sungsang and Hyungsang , namely, the theory that the Original Sungsang and Original Hyungsang are the two forms of expression of one and the same essential element.
This concludes my explanation of “ Sungsang and Hyungsang ” of the Divine Image. Next, I would like to explain “Yang and Yin,” which is another aspect of the Divine Image.
10. Nicolas de Malebranche (1638-1715) applied Geulincx’s occasionalistic idea to epistemological questions. If spirit and matter are kinds of substances that are totally different from each other, how can spirit recognize matter? Malebranche explained that in God there are eternal ideas as the prototypes of things and that in recognizing things, we do not recognize things directly, but rather we recognize the ideas within God. On this point he said, “We see all things in God.” The consequence of this view is that we are relating ourselves ultimately to God, and the significance of the existence of matter diminishes. See Takeo Iwasaki’ s History of Western Philosophy (in Japanese) (Tokyo, Yuhikaku, 1975), 147.
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