Problem of God and the Absolute: The Radhakrishnan View

Peter. O. O. Ottuh; Onos Godwin Idjakpo

Problem of God and the Absolute: The Radhakrishnan View

Peter. O. O. Ottuh^(1*), Onos Godwin Idjakpo⁽²⁾,

(1) Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria.
(2) Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria.
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The problem of Ultimate Reality is one of the most important problems in the history of philosophy. In the enquiry into the nature of Ultimate Reality philosophers are also advocating a kind of dualism signifying two ultimate principles irreducible to each other, namely God and the Absolute. Since, the Absolute is the Ultimate Reality from the metaphysical standpoint and from the religious stand point God is regarded as the Supreme Reality, a question generally arises whether we identify the God of religion with the Absolute of metaphysics or we maintain a distinction between them. Although various solutions have been offered by different philosophers at different times, it was mainly Radhakrishnan, who has been credited as being the great reconciler of the problem of the relation between God and the Absolute. Hence in this present work an attempt has been made to highlight the solution offered by Radhakrishnan in this connection.

Keywords

Ultimate Reality; Radhakrishnan; The problem of God.

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