Hi John, To start with it might be best to forget what it "ought to be" and discuss what it is. How does it function now? Once that is understood we might decide it should move towards something more like Royce and Sill dreamed of it. They did use pretty words.
I would like to hear what you might have to say about the function of the Intellectual level now. Marsha On Apr 25, 2011, at 5:16 PM, John Carl wrote: > Hi Mark, Marsha, > > Well I've tried to take up "the intellectual level" several times in the > hopes of getting a different designation for the 4th level. But I've > dropped that quest. My answer to what the 4th level represents is the > classic/romantic fusion - art and science. > > A passage I'm reading of Royce's biography when he was under the influence > of Edward Rowland Sill expresses well how I think the 4th level should be > understood: > > "This is the way Royce saw Sill's message: 'Science is, or ought to be > poetry, and poetry is knowldege, and the humanity of the future will not > divide life but will unite it". It was a mission to bridge Royce's joint > queens of the intellect, and as an apostle against specialization Sill > enlisted young Royce for the duration of his life." > > Robert V. Hine, pg 80 > > > I like that - "joint queens of the intellect" - thass wha' ahm talkin' > about. Pass me them joint queens. > > John the apostle against specialization ___ 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/md/archives.html
