Living rightly means striving to become ever more like God
Evidence
The “I” (the individual) is the instrument of realisation, as is the vital force. This is what makes up the unity of creation. Everything is born, lives and changes its existence in the same theatre of the sole author of life that is God, who possess life and to whom life belongs. He gives life to every human being. In conclusion, living should mean thinking of, knowing about and looking for God. In short, man should try to be like God, he should try to become always more like God. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 339
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Lays out the telos of African vitalogy: each person as instrument of realization who is called toward ever-greater likeness to God.
- XREF: Recalls the theomorphic/divinization themes in Western mystical theology and the ‘becoming more like God’ motif in Greek patristic theosis.
Related
- Proper African living is striving toward ever greater likeness to God (similarity 0.91)
- Life is the single enduring reality underlying all thought and beings. (similarity 0.80)
- Being human means being a vital force striving for full development (similarity 0.79)
- Living properly means seeking ever-greater likeness to God (similarity 0.79)
- African philosophy reduces to the relation between man, world and God (similarity 0.79)
- African vitalogy treats death as spiritual renewal and progress in consciousness (similarity 0.78)