time philosophy book time 1st imp philosophy book written time writing professor philosophy princeton_university worked year career time books philosophy religion writing 1930s 1940s influenced philosophy introduction writes time attempt set fundamental nature religion deal conflict religion explains basic idea set book religious thought symbolic influences include especially west says motivated write book attempt add half truth think espoused essay misses book begins looking religion specifically god non negative positive divine defines orders time says intersect moment mystic illumination goes nature god religious language symbolic necessarily subject contradictions synopsis chapter asks religion stating religious thought contradictory rooted god fundamentally mystery second chapters look negative divine characterisation god void silence non maintains idea found religions maintains mystical experience shared mankind theories differ point says agreement experience distinction subject object overcome difference experience goes explain religions religious revelation words concepts applied god qualities god intellect nature intellect involve subject object opposition mystic experience opposition intellect incapable understanding looks positive divine asks concepts applied concepts finds god defines religious non religious symbolism differing respects firstly religious symbols translated logical refer experience proposition secondly relationship religious symbol meaning meaning refers concept absent mystical experience way symbolic language evokes glimpse hint seen stands human thought conception goes write symbols feel appropriate god love hate explains orders time world god intersect moment mystic illumination maintains orders distinct order says agrees distinction world phenomena critical disregard mystical experience looking symbolism religion states types applied god neutral sort god mind power secondly ethical kind love mercy explains qualities justified appeal hierarchy hierarchy value cases adequate symbol higher hierarchy symbolism explicitly states opposition thought religious symbolism based analogy qualities found natural world looks religion claims truth draws analogy mystical illumination aesthetic truth truths rest revelation reason directly perceive beauty directly perceive god maintains arguments denying positions invalid concern different realities separate spheres lead reflect god writes god equally false god accessible logic production philosophers space time temporal world generally direct result mystical factual god actually harm religion natural order point says agrees conversely denial reality world root mystical moment truth god supreme reality world symbolic truth statement fact counterpart denies reality god final chapter looks logic returns idea theology mystical gives examples bradley contain contradictions known doctrine mystery god maintains intellect inherently incapable understanding ultimate attempts state nature ultimate necessarily produce contradictions critical response reviewed book alongside religion modern mind gate silence published points books mark new direction previously best known naturalist new intellectual interest results sharp personality thought writes fortunately philosophical background prevents scientific confirm religious experience religious philosophy sort consort argues intellectual evident ideas negative divine thought liable standard objections proposes notions positive divine religious specifically notion religious language evocative mystical experience problematic difficult determine language adequate literal abstract ideas notion analogy rejected robust points contradiction reliance values adequately refer god implies continuity world denies reviewed book twice review wrote believed trying cake eat regards truth wonders revelation god free concepts time utterly unrelated maintains identifies points thought continuity states mystical language appear refer concepts finally rejects book analogy mystical experience evocative power art maintaining art somewhat related logic nonetheless book fascinating personal statement year later reviewed time alongside religion modern mind points earlier judges second book favourably recommends reading better understand problems address praised clarity ambitious aims time believed book best subject years pointed book distinction orders time owed acknowledged reflected book emphasis placed universal religious particular interest students oriental comparative philosophy central idea thought stands falls religious language evocative descriptive find problems account religious language relying divine resemblance relies vague levels manner naturalist system religious symbolism doomed remain mysterious allow religious metaphors translated literally said evoke experience refer noting ambition solving conflict religion remarks come book certain mood critical mood blind reader religious insights sensitivity depth insights lost approach enthusiastically religious mood finishes philosophy logical quoting way understands finally recognizes climbed sees world found issue notion mystical experience point intersection temporal eternal orders writes difficulties defining orders distinct orders way speaking means statements temporal order relevant said eternal order vice versa orders difficult maintain questioned characterisation mystical consciousness recently writes book context attempts find universal essence perennial philosophy religion finds time systematic attempt proposed successful philosophy lays book derived speculation like ideas influenced mystical experience central critique notion vast gulf mystical experience defines thought philosophical system built mentions agree experiences symbols closest divine book received positive support called time sophisticated treatment time century far thought short introduction says book contains classic discussion american writer said phrase encountered time 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