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We have used four unusual words in the caption to this section; they will bear defining before we go on with the study:

We have used four unusual words in the caption to this section; they will bear defining before we go on with the study:

Existential is a word especially used in the Papers. It means something eternal, without a beginning or an ending. There is no time at which it did not exist. An existential being has full knowledge before any experience. God is existential. Hence the word "existential" is used as the opposite of- Experiential. This word designates beings and things that have origins. It also designates all beings that can grow by experience. Even some existential realities can have experiential growth to higher levels. Other realities are wholly (experiential; man is wholly experiential in his growth.)

''Existential'' is a word especially used in the Papers. It means something eternal, without a beginning or an ending. There is no time at which it did not exist. An existential being has full knowledge before any experience. God is existential. Hence the word "existential" is used as the opposite of- Experiential. This word designates beings and things that have origins. It also designates all beings that can grow by experience. Even some existential realities can have experiential growth to higher levels. Other realities are wholly (experiential; man is wholly experiential in his growth.)

Now, for the other three terms which are borrowed from the philosopher Hegel, who made much of them. We will use them several times in our study.

Now, for the other three terms which are borrowed from the philosopher Hegel, who made much of them. We will use them several times in our study.

Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, are, in part, defined (in Webster) as follows: 'With Hegel (thesis is) the proposition or conception representing the first . . . stage of developing thought, contrasting with the second stage, or antithesis which negates the thesis, and with the third stage, or synthesis in which . . . thesis and antithesis are brought together."

''Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis'', are, in part, defined (in Webster) as follows: 'With Hegel (thesis is) the proposition or conception representing the first . . . stage of developing thought, contrasting with the second stage, or antithesis which negates the thesis, and with the third stage, or synthesis in which . . . thesis and antithesis are brought together."

Thesis, then, is a proposition, a statement, a presentation. Antithesis (which would be better understood if it were written "anti-thesis") is something that is different from, contrastive to, and stimulative of, the thesis -but not necessarily antagonistic to the thesis. Synthesis is the bringing together of the two into a mutually expanded and harmonious whole. This is a three-step process, and we will see it develop more than once in our study of the master universe.

Thesis, then, is a proposition, a statement, a presentation. Antithesis (which would be better understood if it were written "anti-thesis") is something that is different from, contrastive to, and stimulative of, the thesis -but not necessarily antagonistic to the thesis. Synthesis is the bringing together of the two into a mutually expanded and harmonious whole. This is a three-step process, and we will see it develop more than once in our study of the master universe.