The Whole That Philosophy Lost, and the Path Back to the Love of God — Chapter 93

Soyo Existence Ethics (Existence itself is Ethics)

Yesterday, while discussing Levinas, we saw what the ethics of "the face of the other" miss.

Today, we will discuss the totality that philosophy has lost and the new path offered by the ethics of existentialism.

Philosophy began as philo–sophia—the desire to love wisdom. Yet as centuries passed, as civilizations expanded, and as human knowledge fragmented, philosophy slowly lost the very love it was meant to protect. A discipline that should have embraced wisdom ended up dissecting the human being, dividing existence, and turning the world and the soul into scattered fragments. As I observed every branch of philosophy, I felt breathless. For too long, philosophy has torn the human being apart: separating ethics from existence, splitting reason from emotion, dividing the human from God, explaining life and death as two unrelated entities, and positioning civilization against the human soul as if they were enemies. After endless cycles of deconstruction, philosophy has lost its path. How can fragments explain the whole? Philosophy was meant to end with the love of wisdom, yet humans turned it into another weapon of division and destruction.

The Pain of Philosophers and the Danger of Their Language

Many Philosophers lived amidst deep suffering—war, poverty, religious oppression, social violence, and spiritual despair. I understand their pain. I know they thought, even as they were unable to silence their turmoil. Yet when the language born of such pain becomes "wisdom," repeated endlessly on university podiums, then that philosophy has already lost its life because emotional language can kill human life in a moment. Language born from suffering can become not truth but a tool of destruction. So why does 21st-century philosophy fail to examine the danger level of such language? Or is it afraid to? Today seems to be an era that needs conscience and ethics more than ever. Yet philosophers still cling to the broken fragments of the past. Time moves forward, but humanity stands still. Why is there no voice today that speaks of love for human beings?

The Grand Misunderstanding Called Rationalism: Reason Originates in God

Modern philosophy elevated "reason" to near-divine status.

But I say this: The origin of reason is God. Reason is not a human invention. It is the breath of order, harmony, and discernment that God placed within the human being. Yet humans reshaped this divine language into something else—an intellectual instrument within civilization. That transformed language is what we now call rationalism. Rationalism seems "rational", yet its substance is entirely different. It is not the purity of reason but a mixture of emotion, desire, fear, survival instincts, and strategic human calculation. Thus, rationalism is a clouded language, disconnected from actual reason. It is merely a survival device—a tool humans use when circumstances turn against them. But philosophy mistook this survival language for rational truth. To define rationalism properly, one must first recognize that actual reason contains the ethics of conscience. Reason without conscience is never the truth.

Philosophy's Fundamental Failure —It Could Not Save Life

For 2,400 years, philosophy has attempted to understand the human condition. But philosophy could not restore life. Why? Because it subtracted, added, bound, and excluded the very languages essential to life: The language of God, the language of conscience, and the language of human existence. Philosophy interpreted existence, but it could not save it. It spoke of ethics, but could not awaken the trembling of conscience. It analyzed suffering, but could not show how to overcome it. It explained the human being, yet could not protect it. This is the essential failure of philosophy.

Soyo Existence Ethics Converges into One Point

I speak of many concepts: existence, humanity, conscience, free will, ethics, eternity, and the breath of God. Yet all these languages of Soyo Existence Ethics converge into a single truth: the love of God for humanity. Do not seek truth outside. Immerse yourself in the love of God. The answer has always been to speak from the deepest place of human conscience. Wisdom is not the accumulation of knowledge. Wisdom is living within the love of truth.

Philosophy Has Ended —Existence Ethics Begins

Philosophy has reached its terminus after an age of deconstruction. But love has not ended. Conscience has not dimmed. The breath of God still flows through every human being. Therefore, philosophy must be reborn through Soyo Existence Ethics.

If philosophy dismantled the human being, Soyo Existence Ethics brings the human being back together. If philosophy lost its way, conscience lights the path. If philosophy analyzed suffering, the love of God overcomes it. If philosophy explained humanity through knowledge, existence ethics explains humanity through existence, through love, and through eternity. "Human beings no longer need to ask endlessly. They need only to kneel and remain in love."

Philosophy can no longer provide answers, but truth has always been simple: Rest in the love of God for humanity. This is the path of existence, the ethics of conscience, and the wisdom philosophy were meant to love from the beginning.

I, Soyo, am no one. Yet I stand and speak only through truth. And truth has already spoken:

"Human beings exist within love."

Soyo (逍遙), Founder of Soyo Existence Ethics. Author of The Silence of Existence, The Flame of Truth

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