is the role of the intellect to guide the will?
--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MD] Regarding The Fundamental Nature of The Intellectual Level > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: Friday, 11 July, 2008, 3:40 AM > Chris: > > I myself tend to discard the symbol manipulation > > explanation because of > > the - as I see it - quite obvious reason that this is > not > > in conflict with > > anything. The MOQ is a moral order, as we all know, > and the > > different levels > > have more or less competing "views" on > Quality > > and how to follow it. Thus I > > am inclined to thing along the paths of > > "What is not by it's _fundamental nature_ in > > service of either the > > inorganic, the biological or the social level?" > > SA: What do you mean here by discarding symbol > manipulation due to it not "in conflict with > anything"? For then this "conflict with > anything" might also be revealing to what you mean > even further, if you could explain further, thanks. > > Chris: > > As I said - manipulation of symbols doesn't really > cut > > it for me - where is > > the FUNDAMENTAL conflict? > > SA: Do you need conflict? This is probably not what you > mean, so, if you could restate this another way I would > appreciate it. > > > Chris: > > Knowledge for Knowledge's sake. Alone. > > SA: I like this. I don't know if this explains > everything about intellectual patterns, but this clearly is > in that direction, if not the way in the intellectual door, > so to speak. Some questions for further clarification and > thinking on this: What is wisdom? Different from > knowledge? Same? > What I like about this, is, many different kinds of > knowledgeable pursuits exist (also read: different kinds > of knowledge), yet, they are still knowledge based or in > other words, they are still knowledge. Thus, many > different kinds of intellectual patterns. > > > SA > > > > 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/ Start at the new Yahoo!7 for a better online experience. www.yahoo7.com.au 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/
