Synthetic and Non-Synthetic
Antitheses.
Speaking in axial terms, one might note a fall, on the one hand, from
synthetic naturalism (supernaturalism) to non-synthetic artificiality, as, in
general terms, from metachemistry to physics, but a
rise, on the other hand, from non-synthetic naturalism to synthetic
artificiality (super-artificiality), as, in general terms, from chemistry to
metaphysics. For the four main points, effectively hegemonic, of the intercardinal axial compass would seem to connote with
synthetic naturalism at the northwest, non-synthetic naturalism at the
southwest, non-synthetic artificiality at the southeast, and synthetic
artificiality at the northeast, the axes, of course, being determined according
to a polarity between the northwest and the southeast on the one hand, and
between the southwest and the northeast on the other hand, even with other -
and subordinate - factors to consider in each case. However that may be, I have
little doubt that the noumenal antitheses, in space and time, are equally
synthetic, if in relation to supernature and super-artificiality respectively,
which amounts to a distinction between metachemistry
and metaphysics, superheathen objectivity and superchristian subjectivity, absolute
alpha and absolute omega, whereas the phenomenal antitheses, in volume and
mass, are equally non-synthetic, if in relation to nature and artificiality
respectively, which amounts to a distinction between chemistry and physics,
heathen objectivity and Christian subjectivity, relative alpha and relative
omega. The pairings of metachemistry with antimetaphysics, of chemistry with antiphysics,
of physics with antichemistry, and of metaphysics with antimetachemistry do not
substantially alter this conclusion, although they modify the respective axial
realities of what, in total, are state-hegemonic/church-subordinate and
church-hegemonic/state-subordinate mutually exclusive traditions.