Ham, I thought how Richard Schain observed how humans have a metaphysical need and how that need is best met through philosophical inquiry and development of consciousness, described well my own feelings toward the metaphysical question you asked me about my own beliefs.
" We who live in the shadow of the overpowering forces of scientific technology can hardly be capable of assessing their impact upon ourselves. Sartre was correct in his thought that there is no escape of the individual from the situation in which he finds himself. Our qualities and values are enormously determined by it. But the image and the ideal of the metaphysical self can still be brought into consciousness and valued more highly than it is today. The metaphysical need can be acknowledged without violating one's intellectual conscience and can be developed in full accord with the facts of existence. Philosophy is the name given to the effort to live up to this high aspiration." from "the problem of existence" -Ron 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/
