Steven, List: On Jun 20, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Stephen C. Rose wrote:
> If Triadic Philosophy has any claim to originality it might be in the third > term in its root triad which is Aesthetics. A critical comment, if I may... At a deep level, the origins and the dictionary meanings of words are always fundamental when one seeks to communicate a perplex meaning to a colleagues and wider readerships. Please consider the following entry in the Apple Dictionary: aesthetic |esˈTHetik|(also esthetic ) adjective concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty: the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure. • giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty; of pleasing appearance. noun [ in sing. ] a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement: the Cubist aesthetic. DERIVATIVES aesthetically |-ik(ə)lē|adverb [ as submodifier ] : an aesthetically pleasing color combination ORIGIN late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things,’ from aisthesthai ‘perceive.’ The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was coined in German in the mid 18th cent. and adopted into English in the early 19th cent., but its use was controversial until late in the century. If one bases the meaning on the German invention "concerned with beauty", one becomes entrained in mental pathways that "are in the eye of the beholder". If one bases the meaning of aesthetics on the original Greek root, one becomes entrained in mental pathways of a broader sort. In particular, one notes that perceptive minds perceive realistic signs and ethical boundaries. This interpretation raises a red flag for me. In what sense are the base terms of a triadic philosophy independent of one another, or is triadic philosophy rooted in three interdependent terms? Finally, what would be your preference - three independent terms or three interdependent terms? The nature of the associative logic will be related to your choice. Cheers Jerry
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