Hi Chris, > > [Chris] > > Yes. Arlos reasoning is quite logical I'd say. But I wondered over the > > sense of "Individuality" as such. Because I lean towards the > > interpretation that the split between seeing the self and the world as one > > and the self and the world as separate is the emergence of the > > intellectual level -
I agree with your interpretation of the emergence of the intellectual level -- when humans began to see the self (the individual) and the world as separate. For that and many other reasons I think it's entirely proper to refer to the intellectual level as the individual level. > Indeed the Dynamic Development of agriculture (the most fundamental > revolution in the history of mankind before the industrial revolution) can > be seen as a cornerstone in the development of the social level, but I was > more interested in this individual business. And the heard business. By > the gods, it's hard to think in terms of a time when people didn't view > themselves as separate individuals - perhaps - but if we experiment with the > thought, then we may conclude that up until this thought of a separate > individuality emerged people there would be no intellectual level. By the gods, you are right! No matter > how much anyone manipulated symbols or how many languages they spoke. But > when did this emerge? I don't believe that it was only in Greece, and > perhaps it was way earlier, but one also has to separate innovations from > inventions. (don't know if that figure of speach works in English, but for > example the steam engine was invented in Alexandria in 100BC but no one used > it, so it was only an invention, not an innovation. ) But.I think I am > straying too much. Will return with all of this more structured. I wonder who invented the steam engine in 100BC. Must have been one smart individual. Regards, Platt 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/
