Tradition
Universalism
Overview
Universalism is the philosophical and theological concept that some ideas have universal application or applicability.
A belief in one fundamental truth is another important tenet in universalism. The living truth is seen as more far-reaching than the national, cultural, or religious boundaries or interpretations of that one truth. A community that calls itself universalist may emphasize the universal principles of most religions, and accept others in an inclusive manner.
Universalism can also mean the pursuit of unification of all human beings across geographic and other boundaries under universal values, or the application of universalist constructs, such as human rights or international law.
Universalism has been influenced by rational theologies such as Unitarianism, and modern-day New Age spiritual doctrines, including yoga and meditation from Hinduism, which in turn have influenced modern Western spirituality.
Christian universalism refers to the idea that every human will eventually receive salvation in a religious or spiritual sense, a concept also referred to as universal reconciliation.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
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So long as what are termed Universals were regarded as a peculiar kind of substances, having an objective existence distinct from the individual objects classed under them, the _dictum de omni_ conveyed an important meaning; because it expressed the intercommunity of nature, which it was necessary on that theory that we should suppose to exist between those general substances and the particular substances which were…
John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive
States what Universalism is.
When a little bit of it gets into this network of time, space and causation, it apparently takes forms; remove the network and it is all One. This whole universe is all one, and is called in the Advaitist philosophy _Brahman_. _Brahman_ appearing behind the universe is called God; appearing behind the little universe--the microcosm, is the soul. This very “Self” or Âtman therefore is God in man. There is only one…
Swami Vivekananda, Jnâna Yoga, Part II
States what Universalism is.
The higher life which belongs to this sphere, this supreme enjoyment of truth, which as feeling is called "blessedness," and as conscious thought "contemplation," we may describe generically as the life known to religion. For religion is just this universal domain[184], in virtue of which the _one_ concrete totality of the World comes to each man in union with himself, as his essential substance, while it remains no…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1
States what Universalism is.
Philosophers who discussed Universalism
- Francisco de Vitoria
- John Rawls
- Samson Raphael Hirsch
- John Hick
- Jürgen Habermas
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Jean Baudrillard
- David Bentley Hart
- Robert M. Pirsig
- Richard McKeon
- Swami Vivekananda
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Frithjof Schuon
- Aldous Huxley
- Alain Badiou
- Aleksandr Dugin
- Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
- Nikolai Fyodorov (philosopher)
Related ideas
- Moral nihilism
- Christian universalism
- Jesus
- God in Christianity
- Afterlife
- Gnosticism
- Hinduism
- Philosophy
- Human rights
- Abrahamic religions
- Ecumenism
- Islamism
- Atheism
- Zurvanism
- Isaiah Berlin
- Buddhahood
- Internet Archive
- Adi Shankara
- Metaethics
- Culture
- Mandaeans
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Pure Land Buddhism
- Perennial philosophy
Place in the tradition
Part of Determinism.