MF Intellect and Intellegence >In short, define the intellectual level. Intellect is that faculty of a person that organises and brings order and stability to the structure of beliefs ( static patterns ) of that person by establishing and reestablishing the interrelation and hierarchy in which the belief/s identified as having the highest value or priority dominate or even discard the beliefs of a lower value by making them subservient to the highest belief. At an advanced stage it generates new beliefs or modifies existing beliefs by exploring, exposing and thereby transcending the limitations of older beliefs. Intellect starts by first establishing a basic static order that provides for the functional requirement of stability and survival and then advances by breaking free from that static order into a dynamic order in which the hierarchy of the structure dissolves.The values and priorities of beliefs are replaced with VALIDITY of beliefs and counterbeliefs. Validity contains in it both values and morals.Intellect that remains stuck in a static order (fixed beliefs) eventually degenerates. >Are intelligence and intellectual value the same thing ? Not quite.Intellegence is the sum of intellect and the DISTINCT FACULTY for spontaneously generating experiences ,responses, solutions and beliefs from the abstract or from dynamic reality. Intellegence is closely related to Quality . If a Metaphysical split is made of Intellegence one way to do it can be by saying that Intellegence is a Quality that has two components : Known Quality and Unknown Quality Reason deals with known quality and the counterpart of reason accesses unknown quality. Known quality can be quantified by say IQ tests and other procedures but unknown quality cannot be quantified and therefore cannot be scientifically tested or proven. The source of known quality is through the sensory systems , the source of unknown quality is essentially unknown and perhaps unknowable. Intellect starts from the point of reason - its foundation is reason. Experience then time and again reminds the self that there is a counterpart to reason.The force of general agreement obliterates the operation of the counterpart of reason and that explains why there is no name as yet given to this counterpart of reason. For lack of a better word, the word 'abstract'comes closest. The operation of the abstract faculties of man manifests in art , religion (originators of),poetry , music , extra-sensory perception ( or more appropriately - Non-sensory perception ). ( Reason says its all nonsense ) Anyhow, intellect senses that there is more to this world than known quality and strives to move towards that bridge that connects the two. On this bridge rests quality, intellegence, morals and values. Chunks, bits and pieces of unknown quality are accessed apperently at random that result in insights and revelations. Reason goes to work on these and dissects and breaks up these further by giving them form in terms of language, symbols , beliefs etc.and assigns them a place in its structure. There is however no well known and tested procedure to reach to this bridge except the unbending will of an individual to do so.This bridge can also be approached from the >Why should intellectual level values prevail over social level values? Not why but when . When intellectual level values can produce results in terms of demonstrating a better quality of life. >Of all the levels, the one that seems to create the most confusion or appear most obscure is the intellectual level. >What exactly is it? What are its values? What are its goals? How does it manifest itself? It seeks to understand, explain and organise everything in the perception of man. The social goal of intellect is to bring order and stability by convincing and dominating society by demonstrating a superior belief management system. It seeks the highest moral and the highest value to do so. Eventually it may give up this dominating tendency if at all a stable dynamic order has been attained - for then there would be no need for domination. It seeks a perfect order in the social and political affairs of man. Dillon ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
