The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango

By Oswald Eckles Jr

Book Overview

The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango is a work designed for the thinking man. It details the thorny issue of black metaphysics. Oswald Eckles Jr treats of the nature of the black man versus the other. It contains some hard truths about the white and black races. Oswald Eckles Jr penetrating insights into Western philosophy details where African Philosophy has gone wrong and the road African Philosophers should now take. In The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango, Shango is the black man, God is the white man, and Shango and God are equal. His philosophy of States states that the finite State is the infinite State whereas the finite is illusory and the infinite is real; consequently, man is two States in one. The two States are one being called Shango Mr. Eckles treats of Aesthetics, and makes the attempt to integrate Black metaphysics with the metaphysics of the Western world by deconstructing the categories of Aristotle And creating a daring an original philosophy of mind

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595376169
• ISBN13: 9780595376162
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"