Existence Between God and Human Consciousness
The material attributes to Shahrur the view that existence is approached on two levels: God, and existence outside human consciousness. It also attributes to him the view that “the truth” is what exists outside human consciousness. The source for this attribution is an edited summary of the seventh episode, not a documented verbatim transcript: Episode Seven.
Atlas Explanation
This presentation distinguishes between what an individual believes or imagines and what does not depend for its existence on that consciousness. On this basis, “the truth” is not used here solely in the sense of truthfulness in speech; rather, it is presented as relating to existence outside human consciousness. This is an explanation of the wording of the available evidence, not a complete definition of the concept of existence across Shahrur’s wider project.
Qualified Inference
If this reformulation is confirmed after reviewing the recording, it links the question of knowledge to the question of reality: consciousness may apprehend reality or err in apprehending it, without making that reality dependent on individual consciousness. This is an interpretive inference from the summary, not a quotation from Shahrur.
Open Question and Limits
No verbatim quotation or raw context is available to specify what Shahrur meant by “two levels” or to establish a mathematical/formulaic expression such as “existence = God + human consciousness.” Rather, the available summary speaks of “existence outside human consciousness.” The page title is therefore replaced with a more cautious descriptive title until the original episode is reviewed. For review in books connected to the project: The Book and the Qur’an and The Mother of the Book and Its Elaboration.