Gav, With the exception of your answer to (1) which doesn't quite ring true as a definitive statement, I'd say your one-liner responses to (2), (3) & (4) are spot on.
(3) and (4) in particular have got me thinking - a useful perspective. Thanks Ian On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:24 PM, gav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > 1. How does your definition or understanding of >> intellectual >> > level/value differentiate the social level from the >> intellectual level as >> > well as social values from intellectual values? >> Please provide examples of >> > both intellectual and social values and share how your >> definitions of each >> > level are able to clearly discern the levels. > > > social values serve society; intellectual values serve the individual. > > >> 2. Given there is a evolutionary process to each of >> the levels, what >> > is a possible historical point in which represents the >> likelihood for the >> > birth of the Intellectual level, and what is the basis >> for this >> > period/event(s) chosen and how intellectual level >> changed or remained the >> > same over time. > > the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind. > roughly 2500 years ago (the time when lao-tse, buddha, heraclitus, zoroaster > all burst on to the scene). it is what produced classical greece - our parent > culture. > > >> > 3. It seems clear that both social and >> intellectual levels use >> > language, but in different ways. Please describe how >> each level utilizes >> > language to sustain its level? > > society favours absolute definitions - ideological language; intellectual > level favours poetry - contextual meaning, existential truth. > > > >> > 4. Given that intellectual values dominate >> it's parent level, the >> > social level, yet must sustain and maintain a relative >> harmony with the >> > social level. Given your definition or understanding >> of intellectual >> > levels >> > how do intellectual values do that? > > [i have already explained all these in my previous post....] > the individual chooses which social patterns support them - this is moral. > social patterns choosing intellectual patterns is immoral. > > > > > > 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/ > 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/
