{"id":40090,"date":"2022-09-22T22:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=40090"},"modified":"2022-09-22T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:49:55","slug":"of-meta-and-the-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/of-meta-and-the-physical\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Meta and the Physical"},"content":{"rendered":"We, humans are amid spiritual spheres, but the world no longer reveals itself spiritually today. Therefore, we can experience and show ourselves in it spirit-filled.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is this meta-physics that lies above the physical? The Greek \u2039meta\u203a does not mean \u2039above\u203a. It is not a static \u2039on top\u203a, not \u2039superior\u203a and not separated in that sense. The word is more related to the German \u2039mit\u203a, which means \u2039also\u203a, \u2039amid\u203a, or \u2039with it\u203a.\n\n\n\nPlato's cave is not a closed dungeon in which people are locked up with their very own mirage. The entrance to the outside is open, and the light shines in. The transition between the worlds is fluid, like the surf and spraying in a cave by the sea. There is movement. Plato emphasizes: Human beings are also mobile.\n\n\n\nPhoto: Xue <div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Would you like to keep reading? We're pleased to present our Summer 2026 offer, valid until August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/subscribe\/\"> three months of free access <\/a> \u2013 cancel anytime.\r\n<br><br>\r\nIf you're already a subscriber, <a href=\"#\" class=\"modal-tr\" data-type=\"latl\">please log in here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, humans are amid spiritual spheres, but the world no longer reveals itself spiritually today. Therefore, we can experience and show ourselves in it spirit-filled. What is this meta-physics that lies above the physical? The Greek \u2039meta\u203a does not mean \u2039above\u203a. It is not a static \u2039on top\u203a, not \u2039superior\u203a and not separated in that sense. The word is more related to the German \u2039mit\u203a, which means \u2039also\u203a, \u2039amid\u203a, or \u2039with it\u203a. Plato&#8217;s cave is not a closed dungeon in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17564,"featured_media":39869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8793,8823],"tags":[10749,8814],"class_list":["post-40090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philosophy","category-reflection","tag-2022-31-32-en","tag-musings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}