Overcoming Metaphysics: George Grant and the Good Beyond Being

Authors

  • Randy ‘Peg’ Peters

Abstract

Heidegger that Western metaphysics had led to a hegemony of scientific rationality or calculative thinking. In light of the controlling nature of this paradigm of thought, Grant articulated a meditative or contemplative way of thinking that was grounded in Plato’s notion of the ‘Good beyond Being’.1 This paper critiques modern calculative thinking and argues that an overcoming of metaphysical language is necessary if we want to talk about reason, ethics, and God. Grant believes that only a knowing–in–love rooted in the Good beyond Being can provide a way of thinking and acting justly in the modern world.

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Author Biography

Randy ‘Peg’ Peters

Randy ‘Peg’ Peters is writing his Ph.D. dissertation on ‘George Grant’s Religious Appropriation of Martin Heidegger’ in the Humanities Department at Simon Fraser University. He teaches philosophy, ethics, and religious studies courses at SFU and Trinity Western University. An ordained minister, he also is editing a book entitled, Athens and Jerusalem: George Grant and the Interplay of Theology and Philosophy.

Published

2010-07-15

How to Cite

Peters, Randy ‘Peg’. 2010. “Overcoming Metaphysics: George Grant and the Good Beyond Being”. Illumine: Journal of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society 1 (1). Victoria, British Columbia, Canada:25-32. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/Illumine/article/view/1560.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2002)

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