Pfleiderer : Otto (1839-1908), German Protestant theologian & religious historian.
... existence of God. B. Proofs of the Existence of God The importance of the traditional proofs of the existence of God has greatly diminished in modern times. No one, remarks the late Prof. Pfleiderer, now holds it possible to prove the divine existence from an abstract conception of God, or, from an abstract conception of the world, to reach by inference a God who is separate from the world.... conception, but as the assertion that the existence of knowledge implies an ultimate union of thought with reality." The writer, it may be noted, does not say "ultimate identity." The late Prof. Pfleiderer endeavoured to reconstruct the Ontological Argument by postulating God as the ground of the co-ordination and correspondence of thought and reality. But even though we accepted the fact of such a ...
... and the sole external vehicle of divine manifestation in the material world. Therefore, the perfection of Karmayoga would seem to ¹It is interesting to note in this connection the words of Pfleiderer who shared many of the views of Krause: "Man's whole vocation is likeness to God in this life, or the unfolding of his godlike essence in his own distinctive way as an independent active being ...
... with a clearness and sufficiency which leaves us charmed, enlightened and satisfied. On one or two difficult points I am inclined to differ with the conclusions he adopts. He rejects positively Pfleiderer's view of Heraclitus as a mystic, which is certainly exaggerated and, as stated, a misconception; but it seems to me that there is behind that misconception a certain truth. Heraclitus' abuse of the ...
... 316 puts a stress on a period of Mystics preceding that of the philosophers and takes up the issue often discussed: Was Heraclitus a mystic or a rationalist? Sri Aurobindo agrees that Pfleiderer's view of Heraclitus as a pure mystic is exaggerated, but he discerns a certain truth behind this misconception. He 1 opines: "Heraclitus' abuse of the Mysteries of his time is not very conclusive ...
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