New Essentials of Unification Thought

The New Essentials of Unification Thought is a comprehensive philosophical text of the Unification movement, written by Sang Hun Lee, a close disciple of Sun Myung Moon.

• It was first published in 1992 as a revised and expanded version of Lee’s earlier work Essentials of Unification Thought (1974).

• While Divine Principle provides the theological foundation, Unification Thought is presented as its philosophical system, intended to stand alongside or even beyond traditional Western and Eastern philosophies.

• The book systematically addresses key branches of philosophy from a Unificationist perspective, including:

  • Ontology (the nature of being)
  • Epistemology (theory of knowledge)
  • Logic
  • Axiology (values)
  • Ethics
  • Education
  • Art
  • History
  • Socio-political thought]

The goal of New Essentials of Unification Thought is to establish a comprehensive worldview grounded in the teachings of Sun Myung Moon, positioned as an alternative to both materialist philosophies (like Marxism) and traditional theistic systems.