Welcome to the DUALISTIC PHILOSOPHY of
BETWEEN TRUTH AND ILLUSION
by
John O’Loughlin of Centretruths Digital Media
Links to the files of
which follow the brief preface below:-
My first
exercise in philosophy, originally penned in 1977, takes dualism as its
starting-point and develops its commonsensical logic through three parts, the
first of which is essayistic, the second a series of aphoristic reflections on
the philosophy outlined in Part One, and the third a dialogue between me, the
so-named 'philosopher', and an imaginary student ... that strives both to
clarify and enlarge upon the main contentions of the work. - John O'Loughlin.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF OPPOSITES
THE CONFLICT OF OPPOSITES
THE NECESSARY ILLUSION
THE LEGITIMACY OF STUPIDITY
MORE POSITIVE THAN NEGATIVE
BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
NEITHER ANGEL NOR DEMON
NO GOOD WITHOUT EVIL
ONLY PARTLY WISE
PERFECT OR IMPERFECT
PERFECT AND IMPERFECT
A NECESSARY DOUBT
NO SHAM WISDOM
ONLY ABSURD SOMETIMES
NOT ENTIRELY SANE
NOT ENTIRELY INSANE
NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT SADNESS
NOTHING SUPERFLUOUS
BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT
A MISTAKE IN PLUTARCH
WISDOM AND FOLLY
TRUTH AND ILLUSION
GOOD AND EVIL
HAPPINESS AND SADNESS
PROFUNDITY AND SUPERFICIALITY
CERTAINTY AND DOUBT
REASONABLENESS AND UNREASONABLENESS
CLEVERNESS AND STUPIDITY
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
PLEASURE AND PAIN
LOVE AND HATE
VIRTUE AND VICE
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
INTEREST AND DISINTEREST
A DUALISTIC INTEGRITY
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John O’Loughlin was born in Salthill, Galway, the Republic of Ireland, of mixed Irish- and British-born parents in 1952. Following a parental split due to ethnic and other incompatibilities (they called her 'Mary Aldershot'), he was
brought to England by his mother and grandmother (who had initially returned to
Ireland with intent to stay following the death of her British-based husband) in the mid-50s and subsequently attended schools
in Aldershot and, following the death and repatriation of his Irish-born grandmother,
Carshalton Beeches, Surrey, where, despite an enforced change of denomination
from Catholic to Protestant in consequence of having been put into care by his mother, he attended a state school. Graduating in 1970 with an
assortment of CSE’s (Certificate of Secondary Education)
and GCE’s (General Certificate of Education),
including history and music, he moved the comparatively short distance up to London and went on, via two
short-lived jobs, to work at the Royal Schools of Music in Bedford Square,
where he eventually became responsible for booking examination venues. After a brief flirtation with Redhill
Technical College back in Surrey, he returned to his former job in the West End
but retired from the ABRSM in 1976 due to a combination of factors, including
ill-health, and proceeded to dedicate himself to a literary vocation which, despite a brief
spell as a computer tutor at Hornsey YMCA in the late '80s and early '90s, he
has effectively continued with ever since. His novels include Changing Worlds (1976),
An Interview Reviewed (1979), Secret Exchanges (1980), Sublimated Relations
(1981), and False Pretences (1982). From the mid-80s Mr O'Loughlin has exclusively dedicated himself to philosophy, his
true literary vocation, and penned more than sixty titles of a
philosophical nature, including Devil and God – The Omega Book (1985-6), Towards
the Supernoumenon (1987), Elemental Spectra (1988-9),
Philosophical Truth (1991-2) and, more recently, The Best of All Possible Worlds (2008) and The Centre of Truth (2009). John O’Loughlin
is a bachelor who lives alone in Hornsey, north London.
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