Appearance and Reality, 1897, by F.H. Bradley is an interesting work that is often appraised in non-dual discussions. Even though F.H. Bradley was British and probably never had heard of non-duality or any eastern traditions dealing with these problems. F.H. Bradley was known to be reclusive and had a reputation for shooting cats. But at some point in his life, he must have come to some sort of spiritual realization. His main analysis is similar to Shankara´s:
The world of our ordinary experience turns out upon inspection to be contradictory. So it can’t be fully and finally real; what is fully and finally real is a non-dual Absolute in which all those apparent contradictions are resolved through that very non-duality.
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Appearance and Reality by FH Bradley
Bradley’s Regress from Appearance & Reality explained:
[Bradley] has done as much as humanly possible in ontology- G.F Stout on Appearance and Reality
Perhaps the greatest metaphysical treatise ever written. Spinoza triumphs it in elegance, Leibniz in originality. Alexander and Whitehead are perhaps its greatest challengers, but if a metaphysical masterpiece is to be measured by how probable it is in containing the fewest errors in truly describing the world of all in a comprehensive cosmology , Bradley handily beats them all.
This is exactly what my theories about perception is, but i called mine “premature emotional reaction” , i didn’t even know someone had already thought of this things until i did a research here on Google. i’m an artist(painter) that’s why i came up with my theory about human perception to find out what makes an art effective, cause i wasn’t sure if i would do a detailed painting or or just the feelings or impressions. Thanks
I read this in 1972 and was very much impressed by it. Although Bradley himself calls it an essay, it really contains an almost full-blown system. It’s not only worth reading, it’s a good idea to have a copy for future reference.
Thank you very much!!