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PKD can certainly be credited with reflecting this insight in a form digestible to western audiences. yet this conceptualisation of reality actually dates back
by perfmode 6y ago
PKD can certainly be credited with reflecting this insight in a form digestible to western audiences.
yet this conceptualisation of reality actually dates back thousands of years to Hindu metaphysics:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman
- earthscienceman 6y agoI mean, I appreciate talking about the roots of ideas but everything is just an iteration on old ideas and these new iterations mean something to the people and cultures that iterate on them. To say that he said it in a way "digestible to western audiences" is basically to compliment him and say "he spoke in a way that meant something to a new generation of people with new experiences"
- mercer 6y agoIt can also be a nice bit of information for people to look into further, though :).
- cortesoft 6y agoI think the person was talking about the quote, not the concept