Basic premises: 1. An individual is the spiritual center of the universe- and in an individual can be found the clue to nature, history and, ultimately, the cosmos itself. It is not a rejection of the existence of God but a preference to explain an individual and the world in terms of an individual 2 The structure of the universe literally duplicates the structure of the individual self -all knowledge, therefore, begins with self-knowledge. This is similar to Aristotle's dictum know thyselfBasic Premises: ◼ 1. An individual is the spiritual center of the universe - and in an individual can be found the clue to nature, history and, ultimately, the cosmos itself. It is not a rejection of the existence of God, but a preference to explain an individual and the world in terms of an individual. ◼ 2. The structure of the universe literally duplicates the structure of the individual self - all knowledge, therefore, begins with self-knowledge. This is similar to Aristotle's dictum "know thyself