================================================ Subject: Re: NCR: "Perfect being" From: "creed -7m3 - live" To: Date: Tue 4 Sep 2001 20:38:32 -0400 ================================================ On Tue, 2001-09-04 at 21:40, fmn wrote: > Hey Jim, > hehe.. *laughing about what you said about Scott* > Thanks! > Yes, the things you said about drugs promoting emotional numbness might very > well be true. This idea is in a way also linked to Brave New World's > conceptions of "happiness at all cost" - even if you have to sacrifice your > deep and true feelings for it. What they did in "Brave New World" was to > take a drug called "soma". This drug evoked a certain state of happiness, > but it was more of an illusion, so what you did was escaping reality instead > of facing it. Anyway, while I was reading through "Brave New World", I've > stumbled upon this quotation: "You can't make tragedies (as in dramas) > without social instability." I guess, this comes close to what you said. > Plus, check this out: "Man excels the angels in his power of learning, for > his very imperfection calls forth that power, while the angels as perfect > beings have already acquired all the knowledge they are capable of holding." It makes a bit of sense. Except for the fallen angels of the Jewish through Morman faiths. An angel does have faults. Probably as well as humans. I got the basic concept of the saying though. For a "perfect angel". > What do you say to that? I found it in a background text on Shakespeare's > time called "The Elizabethan world picture". I mean, it's like the same or > at least similar principle, isn't it? Ignorance is actually considered as > something negative, but if it becomes this force which propels you to get to > know things then it's another story. > Interesting concept. I seem to be think that "perception" might describe it a little clearer, for me. Since those that think on a more "primative" level are not really ignorant. But are on a lower level, before thier thought processes fully develop. (As a child develops thier thinking processes. > and thanks for presenting your opinion on how you see the whole > "international relations" business... well, I don't know if I'll get to such > a high rang as to be making decisions of great importance to the world but I > find it an interesting and challenging experience anyhow.. + it's creative > Your influence should make a positive mark into the International relations field. Be it a big role or a lesser role. > I speak and write four languages: Polish, English, German and French - if > you think that's something, then consider this: my sis knows all of those > languages + Spanish... neat, huh? > I was curious to your other language skills. Since the international relations would require these skills. Four spoken and written languages sounds like a pretty great feat. My half-brother (same father, different mothers) knows 7 different languages. I only know 1 language, which is enough of a challenge for me. good luck, Jim > pozdrawiam, > Ewa > -- They seem to have learned the habit of cowering before authority even when not actually threatened. How very nice for authority. I decided not to learn this particular lesson. -- Richard Stallman To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp