C301Mind and metaphysics
SMM’s unity-and-multiplicity problem is directly connected with Ibn Arabi’s concern for how differentiated manifestation depends on a reality that is not one finite object among others. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C307Mind and metaphysics
Renewed creation is one of the strongest conceptual continuities between SMM/DTT and Ibn Arabi’s metaphysics. The world’s dependence on its source is ongoing rather than exhausted by an initial event. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C313Mind and metaphysics
The Cosmic Heart draws its meaning from a metaphysical vocabulary in which concentrated unity and living manifestation belong together. Its connection with Ibn Arabi is therefore interpretive and theological before it is mathematical. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C319Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s barzakh provides a powerful comparison for the relation between psychical and physical: a mediating order can both distinguish and connect. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C325Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s attention to modes of knowing and manifestation gives the experienced present a significance that exceeds clock duration. SMM/DTT can relate this to the way a completed world becomes available to an observer. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C331Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s relation between divine determination, human capacities and responsibility gives agency a theological depth that cannot be reduced to a random choice mechanism. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C337Mind and metaphysics
Renewed manifestation and continuing identity are a central tension in SMM’s interpretation of Ibn Arabi. The philosophical promise is that a thing can depend continuously on its source while retaining a recognizable form and history. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C343Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s distinctions among temporal and spiritual modes invite SMM/DTT to treat eternity as more than an indefinitely long clock interval. The source can be understood as grounding succession without being simply an earlier event in that succession. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C349Mind and metaphysics
Comparing SMM/DTT with Ibn Arabi here is a comparison between a historical metaphysical vision and a modern reconstruction inspired by it. The shared concern is how unity gives rise to differentiated manifestation while remaining the ground of its coherence. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C355Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s attention to the conditions under which reality is known gives observer participation a richer meaning than physical disturbance alone. SMM/DTT can connect this with the way a completed world is available through particular perspectives. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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