Andre to Chris and Ron: Excellent statement, while SOM did not suppress the quality idea, it did force Arete into the back seat redefining what social excellence meant in the way of realizing truth as a value in itself so much so that over time it gradually dominated the scene and saw itself as divorced from social norms and establishing?a "gods eye" view that objectivism is known for. This does not so much suppress Arete but it overshadows it so much that it is often ignored and under valued.
Just another thought and am really interested in your thoughts on this: Can it be that this arete-in-the-backseat gave rise to the development of, what is now known as religion; that is: society's attempt at reaffirming its norms as opposed to truth's objectivism? ( a development which took place over a period of at least 250 years). What do you think? Andre 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/
