At 02:31 AM 3/7/2008, you wrote: >Marsha > >Bo before: > > >Intellect is the ability to distinguish between what's subjective and > > >what's objective, my dictionary says so and I have referred to it > > >repeatedly but it's water on geese. Another quote from LILA shows that > > >S/O is intellect > >Marsha: > > My dictionary's definition of intellect doesn't mention subjectivity or > > objectivity. > >Bo now: >We haven't yet got MOQ-based dictionaries, so in that direct >sense you will never find it, but my "Oxford Advanced" says: > > "The power of mind to reason contrasted with feeling and > instinct." > >"Power of mind" we may omit, what's not p.o.m. in SOM? > >Reason is objectivity itself and feeling (emotions) the very >embodiment of subjectivity ( instinct even lower down, biology >IMO) thus intellect is the power of distinguishing between what's >objective and what's subjective. > >I don't deny that other dictionaries defines it differently, but >there's always an element of something above mere knowing >your way around town or understanding the workings of things. > >LILA: > > > The culture in which we live hands us a set of intellectual > > > glasses to interpret experience with, and the concept of > > > the primacy of subjects and objects is built right into these > > > glasses. > >Marsha: > > Primacy doesn't imply exclusivity of subjects and objects. > >Speak about clutching straws. > >Bo
Greetings Bo, Now you have made me giggle. Maybe it's something about painters that we can create our own special world out of very little medium. Go for it Bo. Fly! Fly!! Fly!!! Marsha Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
