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The provided passages do not contain evidence presented by the author of "Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings." Instead, they reference the work of Brook Ziporyn as the translator and author of a book titled "Experiments in Mystical Atheism," which discusses Zhuangzi [1, 2].
The passages mention that Brook Ziporyn's "Experiments in Mystical Atheism" proposes an alternative approach to theism-scientism divide, advocating for a "deeper, more thoroughgoing, even religious rejection of God" [2]. This approach is described as "mystical atheism" and finds inspiration in Daoism, Buddhism, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bataille [2]. However, the specific evidence used within "Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings" itself is not detailed.
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m Daoism to Spinoza and Beyond Brook <b>Ziporyn</b>. 1. <b>Zhuangzi</b>, <b>Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings</b>, trans. Brook <b>Ziporyn</b> (Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, 2020), 272; slightly modified. 2. E3p27 refers to Ethics, Part ...
Title: Experiments in Mystical Atheism by Brook Ziporyn Description: A new approach to the theism-scientism divide rooted in a deeper form of atheism. Western philosophy is stuck in an irresolvable conflict between two approaches to the spiritual malaise of our times: either we need more God (the “turn to religion”) or less religion (the New Atheism). In this book, Brook Ziporyn proposes an alternative that avoids both totalizing theomania and atomizing reductionism. What we need, he argues, is a deeper, more thoroughgoing, even religious rejection of God: an affirmative atheism without…