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      Reality

      From Metaphysics to Metapolitics

      Wynand de Beer

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      Dedicated to Ludmila

      Foreword

      What is metapolitics? In view of the previous paragraph, it makes sense to state that metapolitics stands in the same relation to politics as metaphysics stands in relation to physics. We could therefore say that from a metapolitical perspective one views the political world ‘from above,’ just as from a metaphysical perspective one views the physical world ‘from above.’ It should be self-evident that metapolitics has nothing to do with the ridiculous spectacle of party-politics, just as metaphysics has nothing to do with the futile practice of armchair philosophizing. On the contrary, both metaphysics and metapolitics are crucially important issues, dealing as they do with the nature of reality and how human societies should be ordered according to its precepts, respectively.

      It is our sincere hope that this publication will contribute, however modestly, to serving the interests of the eternal Kingdom of truth and justice—the same Kingdom that was proclaimed by the God-man from Galilee around 2000 years ago.

      Abbreviations

      Scripture

      Gen Genesis

      Matt Matthew

      Rom Romans

      Cor Corinthians

      Eph Ephesians

      Col Colossians

      Jas James

      Rev Revelation

      Ancient, Patristic, and Medieval Sources

      Aristotle

      Cat Categories

      De An On the Soul

      De Gen et Corr On Generation and Corruption

      GA Generation of Animals

      Nic Eth Nicomachean Ethics

      Met Metaphysics

      PA Parts of Animals

      Phys Physics

      Pol Politics

      Augustine

      Conf Confessions

      De civ Dei On the City of God against the Pagans

      Basil of Caesarea

      Hex Homilies on the Hexaemeron

      Dionysius

      CH Celestial Hierarchy

      DN Divine Names

      MT Mystical Theology

      Eriugena

      Per Periphyseon

      Plato

      Pol Politeia

      Sym Symposium