e_qualia
Object
Objectivity, truth, are tricky. There's the linguistic complexity and the abstracts.
I used to work for an organisation who called themselves 'neoplatonist', simplistically considering that Plato's Ideals existed in the real world, somewhere, and applied themselves to material objects in various ways. Maybe I misrepresent them - but I didn't buy much of their philosophy. One Idea was that there was an Ideal Science. I read the booklet (generated may years before by the Leader of the time, a prolific man, but a man of libraries, archives and words) but made neither head not tail of it in scientific terms. There was no understanding of the Method, or Process, Ideal Science was just a static thing, so - no spiralling round the 'Truth' to get closer to it.
This Order also placed high value on the Will as an aspect of Mind/Intellect. They did indeed show remarkable willpower and staying power since 1947. But each individual Willed towards slightly different objectives, according to character. This could, at times, generate considerable conflict, especially with employees! I thought they paid insufficient attention to the physical body and the 'heart's' emotions. These three (or two if you consider the mind a strange emergence of the body) in fluctuating balance is what is required in my life, sometimes more, sometimes less.
The objective lens of a microscope is the one closer to the Object, the other is the eyepiece, maybe there's something in that. The Eye is further from the real thing which is too small to see unaided. The eye gives perspective, two eyes give distance, the mind extrapolates with imagination.
I like the upper case and the lower case, they can be so subtly expressive.
There is value in examining the past, enjoying or at any rate dealing with the present and speculating about the future.
This is an image of an icy puddle, now employed as background on my laptop. It froze, melted and sank into the mud ages ago, cycling and re-cycling itself. I'm looking at it in a different way, now, and I'm feeling that I could work.
Object
Objectivity, truth, are tricky. There's the linguistic complexity and the abstracts.
I used to work for an organisation who called themselves 'neoplatonist', simplistically considering that Plato's Ideals existed in the real world, somewhere, and applied themselves to material objects in various ways. Maybe I misrepresent them - but I didn't buy much of their philosophy. One Idea was that there was an Ideal Science. I read the booklet (generated may years before by the Leader of the time, a prolific man, but a man of libraries, archives and words) but made neither head not tail of it in scientific terms. There was no understanding of the Method, or Process, Ideal Science was just a static thing, so - no spiralling round the 'Truth' to get closer to it.
This Order also placed high value on the Will as an aspect of Mind/Intellect. They did indeed show remarkable willpower and staying power since 1947. But each individual Willed towards slightly different objectives, according to character. This could, at times, generate considerable conflict, especially with employees! I thought they paid insufficient attention to the physical body and the 'heart's' emotions. These three (or two if you consider the mind a strange emergence of the body) in fluctuating balance is what is required in my life, sometimes more, sometimes less.
The objective lens of a microscope is the one closer to the Object, the other is the eyepiece, maybe there's something in that. The Eye is further from the real thing which is too small to see unaided. The eye gives perspective, two eyes give distance, the mind extrapolates with imagination.
I like the upper case and the lower case, they can be so subtly expressive.
There is value in examining the past, enjoying or at any rate dealing with the present and speculating about the future.
This is an image of an icy puddle, now employed as background on my laptop. It froze, melted and sank into the mud ages ago, cycling and re-cycling itself. I'm looking at it in a different way, now, and I'm feeling that I could work.