This document discusses the views of philosophers Immanuel Kant and Arthur Schopenhauer and how they relate to Divine Principle teachings. It summarizes Kant's view that cognition requires both external sensations and internal subjective forms of intuition and thought. It also describes Schopenhauer's view of the world as the product of a blind and malignant metaphysical will, which aligns with Divine Principle's description of the Fall. The document analyzes how these philosophers approached internal and external pursuits of human nature, pioneering an "Abel-type view of life" that guided people to seek God in a deeper way.

1. Divine Principle
&
Kant – Schopenhauer
Introduction
v 1

2. The Principle is eternal Spiritual Truth like the Bible.
Its not a Book for the bookshelf,
but spiritual rules for daily LIFE in the New Divine Age.

3. Both the Principle and the Bible are
Spritually inspired books.
Over the last 2000 years, many Poets, Composer
and Philosophers have stumbled (become inspired)
upon the eternal Divine truths that are in
the Divine Principle and the Bible.

4. Kant – Schopenhauer
are two of those.

5. Immanuel Kant
1724-1804
Kant started from Swedenborg and showed similarities
with the dogmatic metaphysics.
In 1766 Kant wrote his most important works,
Träume eines Geistersehers (“Dreams of a Spirit-Seer").

6. Paradoxically, it is Kant who undertook what could
have become a big step forward, at a time when the
general mood was already far removed from that of
medieval spirituality.
His contemporary Swedenborg, a reputable scientist,
had based his description of spiritual world not on any
dogmatic assumption but on his actual experience,
and he had made a clear distinction between the realm
of God and that of finite spiritual beings.

7. Kant expressed his ambivalent feelings in his early work,
Dreams of a Spirit-Seer,
Illustrated by Dreams of Metaphysics,' and eventually
rejected the idea that it was possible to come to any
positive conclusion on the existence of such beings,
but in the process he acknowledged the issue and made
it clear that he was personally inclined to admit
the reality of the spiritual realm.'

8. Kant's statement in his first Critique sounds rather definitive,
both in terms of knowing and in terms of being:
"A substance which is permanently present in space,
yet without filling it... or a peculiar fundamental power
of the mind of intuiting the future by anticipation
(instead of merely inferring from past and present events),
or, finally, a power of the mind to place itself in community
of thought with other men, however distant they may be
these are conceptions the possibility of which has no
ground to rest upon."

9. Kant simply applies his critical method and finds no
ground to justify any statement on facts that do not fit
into his categories of space-time
(understood in a Newtonian perspective),
even though he was inclined otherwise.
Unlike his predecessors and many of his successors,
Kant does not say that substantial, corporeal beings
and events in the spiritual dimension are inso facto an
absurdity and cannot exist.

10. He merely says that there is no basis in his
system for saying anything about the matter.'
The spiritual dimension is relegated to the realm
of faith, where it finds itself in good company:
that of God, immortality, and the moral question.

11. In conclusion, Plato's world of ideas,
Kant's Ding an sich, Hegel's Absolute Spirit,
Santayana's realm of essence, and even aspects of
Husserl's later transcendental-phenomenological idealism,
with all their differences seem to have a common deficiency
shared by many other views: there is something abstract
and unreal in their discourse about transcendence.
Each of these authors is a unique case, and their thought
can never be dismissed with the simple comment that they
did not properly understand the nature of the world of spirit.

12. Full text and source:
Prolegomena To A Philosophical Inquiry
Into The Spirit World
Claude Perrottet
Claude Perrottet served as President of the
Unification Church of Switzerland from 1983 to 1995.
www.tparents.org/library/unification/publications/JoUS-04/JoUS-04-2.htm

13. Arthur Schopenhauer
1788-1860
German philosopher.

14. He is best known for his 1818 work
The World as Will and Representation,
in which he characterizes the phenomenal world as the
product of a blind, insatiable, and malignant metaphysical will.
Proceeding from the transcendental idealism of
Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic
metaphysical and ethical system that has been described
as an exemplary manifestation of philosophical pessimism,
rejecting the contemporaneous post-Kantian philosophies
of German idealism.

15. Schopenhauer was among the first thinkers in
Western philosophy to share and affirm significant
tenets of Eastern philosophy (e.g., asceticism,
the world-as-appearance), having initially arrived
at similar conclusions as the result of his own
philosophical work.
His writing on aesthetics, morality, and psychology
would exert important influence on thinkers and
artists throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

16. Interpretation: ”The World as Will and Representation,
in which he characterizes the phenomenal world as the
product of
a blind, insatiable, and malignant metaphysical will.”
This fits perfect into Divine Principles
description Fall of Man, where satan with an illicit
sexual relation with the first human female
took sinister controle over the Physical and Spiritual worlds.
See: Divine Principle Fall of Man

17. The Tree of Life
The tree of life symbolizes a man who has fully
realized the ideal of creation (p. 55).
It thus symbolizes perfected Adam.
Tree of Life
Symbolizes
Ideal man
Perfected Adam

18. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Tree of Knowledge
of Good and Evil
Symbolizes
Perfected Eve
Ideal woman
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil, by fulfilling its
good purpose, represents the ideal woman,
perfected Eve (p. 56).

19. Symbolizes
AngelGen. 3:4-5
The serpent is an angel
(p. 58).
The Identity of the Serpent

20. Illicit
sexual
relationship+ =
Angel’s sin
Jude 6-7
Sexual
parts
Gen. 3:7
Human sin
Hence, we can deduce that the illicit sexual
relationship must have occurred between the angel
and human beings.
Sexual
parts
Illicit
sexual
relationship
The Fall of the Angel
and the Fall of Human Beings

21. ___________________________________________________
The fall which took place through the sexual
relationship between the angel and Eve was the
spiritual fall, while the fall which occurred through the
sexual relationship between Eve and Adam was the
physical fall.
Spirit
self
Physical
fall
Spiritual
fall
Physical
self
The Spiritual Fall and the Physical Fall

22. Accordingly, the power of Satan is
conveyed through evil spirits and is
manifested in the activities of earthly
people.
Evil
Spirits
Evil person on earth
___________________________________________________
Physical
self
Spirit
self
Satan’s Activities in Human Society

23. Classification of sin
Source: ”2007p1 Ch2 - Fall of Man.pptx“ (use Google)
1 Original sin
2 Hereditary sin
3 Collective sin
4 Individual sin
Sin can be classified into four kinds: 1
2 3 4
original sin,
hereditary sin, collective sin, individual sin.and
Human
beingsSatan
Common base
Condition for
give and take action
Violation of
heavenly law
Sin

24. Angels in the sky

25. The Abel-Type View of Life
Some people regard the progress of history from
the medieval to the modern world as a process which
has alienated people from God and religion.
This is because they view history according to the
Cain-type view of life.

26. The original nature, however, not only pursues
external values; it also seeks internal values.
As medieval people were prompted by their original
nature to pursue internal values, a movement arose to
revive Hebraism which bore fruit in the Protestant
Reformation.
The Reformation spawned philosophies and religious
teachings which developed a multi-dimensional view
of life seeking to realize the God-given, original nature
of human beings.
We call this the Abel-type view of life.

27. Even as the Cain-type view of life led away
from God and faith, the Abel-type view of life
guided modern people to seek God in a deeper
and more thoughtful way.

28. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
analyzed philosophically the internal and external pursuits
of the original nature, thus pioneering the Abel-type view
of life in the philosophical sphere.
In his Critical Philosophy, he assimilated the conflicting
theories of empiricism and rationalism.
According to Kant, our various sensations occur by
contact with external objects.

29. These alone may give us the contents of cognition
but cannot actualize the cognition itself.
To have full cognition, one must possess certain forms
of intuition and thought (which are a priori and
transcendental) with which to unify the various contents
(which are a posteriori and experiential) through a
synthetic judgment.

30. These forms of intuition and thought are the very
subjectivity of the self.
Therefore, cognition is actualized when the various
sensations coming from external objects are integrated
and unified with one's subjective forms by the
spontaneous action of thinking and understanding.

31. Thus, Kant overturned empiricism,
which held that cognition is determined by external objects,
and established a new theory that cognition is governed
by the subjective mind. Kant's philosophy was
succeeded by a number of idealist philosophers:
Johann G. Fichte (1762-1814),
Friedrich Schelling (1775-1854) and G.W. F. Hegel.

32. Hegel, in particular, pioneered a new philosophy based
on the Hegelian dialectic.
Their idealism solidified the Abel-type view of life
in the field of philosophy.
Ref. Divine Principle; Preparation for the Second Advent
of the Messiah

33. Life in 3 World
+ fetal membrane=Cord
Liquid
Physical
Parents

34. Life in 3 World
+ fetal membrane=Cord + air/food membrane=Mouth
Physical => Mother
Parents Earth
Liquid => Air
”1st death”
”1st birth”
”Seong Hwa”

35. Life in 3 World
+ fetal membrane=Cord + air/food membrane=Mouth + love membrane=Head
Liquid => Air => Love
”1st death” ”2nd death”
”1st birth” ”2nd birth”
”Seong Hwa” ”Seung Hwa”
Physical => Mother => God
Parents Earth Heavenly
Parent

36. Physical Life
Spiritual Life Eternal
~70-100

37. Yin
Yang
Yin
Yang
• You should know that you are like two people in one.
• Your inner man is like a mirror, clean and bright.
• When the inner and external men are perfectly
aligned you feel joy and power.
This is happening every day within you.
Reincarnation untrue - but explained as Returning Spirits!
Yang =
is provided
Yin =
requires effort
From Spirit
World
From Natural
World
via Physical
Body
via Spirit
Body

38. Two people in one
'It is sown a physical body, it is raised a SPIRITUAL BODY.
If there is a physical BODY, there is also a spiritual BODY'
/Bible I Cor. 15:44
Spiritual
Body
Physical
Body
• Hearing
• Seing
• Touching
• Smelling
• Tasting
• Hearing
• Seing
• Touching
• Smelling
• Tasting
Physical
Mind
Spiritual
Mind

39. Two people in one
Physical
Mind
Spiritual
Mind
Spiritual
Body
Mind is the internal nature and body is the external form.
Mind and body are two correlative aspects of a human being;
hence, the body may be understood as a second mind. /EDP
”Second Minds”
• Hearing
• Seing
• Touching
• Smelling
• Tasting
• Hearing
• Seing
• Touching
• Smelling
• Tasting
Physical
Body

40. And yet, man after death is as
much a man as he was before,
so much so as to be unaware
that he is not still in the former world.
Swedenborg

41. • He has sight, hearing and speech
as in the former world.

42. • He has sight, hearing and speech
as in the former world.
• He walks, runs and sits, as in the former world.

43. • He has sight, hearing and speech
as in the former world.
• He walks, runs and sits, as in the former world.
• He lies down, sleeps and awakes, as in the
former world.

44. • He has sight, hearing and speech
as in the former world.
• He walks, runs and sits, as in the former world.
• He lies down, sleeps and awakes, as in the
former world.
• He eats and drinks as in the former world.

45. • He has sight, hearing and speech
as in the former world.
• He walks, runs and sits, as in the former world.
• He lies down, sleeps and awakes, as in the
former world.
• He eats and drinks as in the former world.
• He enjoys marriage delight as in the former world.

46. In a word, he is a man in each and every respect.
From all this it is clear that death is not the
extinction but the continuation of life, and
is merely a transition.

47. In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.
People who have lived in love for the Lord and
in thoughtfulness toward their neighbour are forms
like this, or beauties like this, in the other life.

48. Short Vocabulary:
CBG = Cham Bumo Gyeong, Holy Textbook
CSG = Cheon Seong Gyeong, Holy Textbook
PHG = Pyeonghwa Gyeong (Peace Messages)
CIG = Cheon Il Guk, Two persons become one, KoH
CP = Cheong Pyeong, Spir. training ground Korea
DP = Divine Principle, v1973
EDP = Exposition of Divine Principle, v1996
ODP = Original Divine Principle, 2008
KoH = Kingdom of Heaven
LSA = Lord of Second Advent
OT = Old Testament - NT = New Testament
CT = Completed Testament
TF = True Father, SMM = Sun Myung Moon
TM = True Mother, Hak Ja Han Moon
UC = Unification Church
See also extended Vocabulary:
http://www.slideshare.net/bdp003/vocabulary-uc

49. 1960
Blessing Level: Church
True Parents
Symbolic: Jesus Marriage Restored

50. 2003
Blessing Level: Nation
True Parents of Heaven and Earth
Symbolic: Physical Fall Restored

51. 2013
Blessing Level: Cosmic
True Parents of Heaven and Earth
and Humankind
Symbolic: Spiritual Fall Restored

52. 2013
The Beginning of a New Age
Cheon Il Guk
”2 become 1”
Bright Future

53. Finally Korea and the World recognizes
the True Value of Holy True Parents:
• German TV channel ProSieben
the Blessing 2016 March 13, 2016
https://vimeopro.com/europeanoffice/german-tv-channel-prosieben-
featured-within -the-galileo-programme-the-blessing-2016-english-subtitles
• Belgian TV, Fly Me to the Moon
Brussels, Belgium, 1. February 2016
https://vimeo.com/153953233?utm_source=No.+292+%2F+25.12.03+%283.+
February+2016%29
• Korean TV 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqPLvPX-u6w

54. Holy Blessing 2016
Korea

55. Holy Blessing 2016
Korea

56. Jeju Island Korea
Share the Gospel of Gospels
Christ has Returned
A New Bright Future for Sinless Mankind

57. More slides: Google for ”slideshare bdp003”
References:
Main Source, Divine Principle: www.unification.net/dp96
Journal of Unification Studies Volume:
www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Publications/

58. Remember the beauty in Gods nature
is there to inspire us!
Have a great Blessed week.
Prepared for 2nd,3rd,4th... Gen. inspiration by Bengt de Paulis.
Germany