Open AccessA Māori reflection on Spinoza’s primordial
Author(s) -
Carl Mika
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
interstices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2537-9194
pISSN - 1170-585X
DOI - 10.24135/ijara.vi.672
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , epistemology , philosophy , reflection (computer programming) , key (lock) , computer science , geotechnical engineering , engineering , programming language , computer security
Māori philosophy is at an exciting point as it looks to other sources for inspiration. In this paper, I refer to some key Māori concepts and terms with Spinoza’s notion of primordial substance in mind. Some Māori terms such as ira (the manifestation and persistence of a thing), whakaaro (indebtedness to a primordial substance) and Papatūānuku (primordial substance) are relevant here. I do not seek to compare Spinoza and Māori thought as such but instead to work with Māori concepts and terms with Spinoza in the background.