From: Steve Peterson (speterson@fast.net)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 18:36:05 BST
Sam:
> Hi Scott,
>
> You asked: "what is there in the individual that is not dependent on the
> intellect that is an evolutionary advance over the social?"
> Now, to return to your question (at last.). It seems to me that anything
> which is the product of individual judgement is an evolutionary advance on
> the social level, and intellectual endeavour is one derivative facet of that
> individual judgement - it is that individual judgement employed in the areas
> of science (empirical investigation) and logic (including mathematics).
> Areas which are not delimited by that description - art, architecture, the
> writing of novels, companionship in marriage, geographical exploration,
> political philosophy, particular types of religious teaching, even, dare I
> say it, something like Lila, which emphasises the biographical elements -
> all of these are, I would say, elements of the fourth level that are
> captured in talk of 'individual' that are missed with talk of
> 'intellectual'; moreover, intellectual creativity in, say, mathematics, is
> included in a discussion of the 'individual'.
>
> Obviously it is possible to define 'intellectual' as including all these
> wonderful things, but to my way of thinking the title is misleading - just
> because of our heritage of SOM thinking that we are trying to get away from.
> So my short answer to your question is: judgement (emotional maturity,
> wisdom). Judgement is an evolutionary advance over the social level that is
> a constituent part of the individual but which is not dependent on the
> intellect - indeed, intellectual DQ is dependent upon it!
Steve:
Sam,
Can you help me to be sure I understand? Are you saying that the individual
contains the intellect as well as other aspects including a social and a
biological aspect of existence plus "judgment" which is the ability to
discern quality that is not contained in any other level?
Steve
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