... 1958 1958 February Questions and Answers (1957-1958) 5 February 1958 " The metaphysical objection [to a teleological cosmos] is more serious; for it seems self-evident that the Absolute can have no purpose in manifestation except the delight of manifestation itself: an evolutionary movement in Matter as part of... material world in the terms of a higher, a spiritual creation, may be considered as the teleology of the evolution. This teleology does not bring in any factor that does not belong to the totality; it proposes only the realisation of the totality in the part. There can be no objection to the admission of a teleological factor in a part movement of the universal totality, if the purpose,—not a purpose in ...
... Part Five Objections against Spiritual Theory of Evolution: Answers Against this spiritual theory of evolution, many objections can be raised. Metaphysical objection against Evolutionary Teleology It may be contended that if there is an ultimate Reality, which is infinite, perfect and absolute, then such a Reality, conceived in the metaphysical theory of the Absolute... the teleology of the evolution that would consist of a manifestation of the greater powers of Existence till the whole being itself is manifest in the material world in the terms of a higher and a spiritual creation. This teleology does not, Sri Aurobindo points out, bring in any factor that does not belong to the totality; it proposes only the realization of the totality in the part. Teleology as a... totality can, therefore, be admitted if the purpose is not a purpose in the human sense, but the urge of an intrinsic Truth-necessity conscious in the will of the indwelling spirit. In that sense, the teleological factor is related to the perfect manifestation in the part of the totality of all the possibilities inherent in the total movement. According to Sri Aurobindo, all existence is for the delight of ...
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