From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Mon Jun 07 2004 - 17:53:19 BST
Hi all
Interestingly personal stuff. I have had to deal with this in my life too.
I have always felt a strong desire to understand everything, understand
rather than simply accept what I am told, or simply learn facts. I also
felt there were many contradictions in what I was being told about
life and the world -later discovering the SOM causes for much of this.
So I see my life as an intellectual journey. Of course, biological needs
have also needed to be met. But I have given them a low priority, eg
not having children, not obsessed with sex. Social needs have been
largely ignored too. I have developed a bit of a career but it has never
been
seen as any more than a means to an end, i.e. a reaonably comfortable
survival to give me th etime to pursue my intellectual interests. This seems
very
unusual, most people seem to focus on biologicall and social goods/values.
I also considered an academic career but found this full of SOM and/or
post-modern nihilism and not for me -too restricting. In fact I have
probably
neglected bio/social values too much and this may give me considerable
problems
later, like no family support/pension -but I take the risk. What most
strikes me about
our current society is its focus on the 2 lower levels and the neglect of
the intellectual
level. My focus on this level gives me a connection to higher values/goods
that in the
end I think out weigh the goods of the lower levels. It seems clear that our
current
society makes it difficult to dedicate yourself to these higher values, even
obstructive
in fact. EG many people in universities are there for social rather than
intellectual reasons,
stopping the involvement of those who wish to study/teach for higher level
values. Is this a
useful perspective?
regards
David M
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