theory of original nature
derek dey
1Thursday, July 24, 2014
indextheory of the original human nature
• a being with divine image
• a being with divine character
• a being with position
• conclusion
• an appraisal of the existentialist analysis of human existence
http://www.unification-thought.org/neut/Neut03.html
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intro: ontology existentialism alienation ?
• Buddha Jesus Socrates Aquinas Descartes Kant Hegel Kierkegaard Feuerbach Marx Scheler-(3 categories)
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theory of the original human nature
• fall / pathologies
• pre-fall natural condition
• original image - ontology
• divine image-divine character
• resemblance and position
?
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a being with divine image
• a united being of sungsang and hyungsang
• extracted from the universal o rd e r- e n c a p s u l a t i o n o f elements - microcosm
• current failure to actualize the original relationship: spirit mind <> physical mind
• C o n f u c i u s a n d K a n t - cultivation of character
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a harmonious being of yin and yang
• yin and yang
husband wifemature self as a
precondition
creation in harmony
‘full immanence’
love and orderethics-virtues
rational
intuitive
1. dual characteristics2. union3. represent world4. represent family
self
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various forms of harmony
• completion @ stage 3• husband/wife: dual-characteristics • unity of humankind; socio-politico• ecology - self to cosmos
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a being of individuality• universal-individual
image
• identity at conception - unique
• intrauterine - nature - stages - value
• nurture supports or conflates
• Joy in expression and fulfillment
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a being with divine character • omniscience, omnipotence, heart (love),
omnipresence, life, truth, goodness, beauty, righteousness, logos, creativity,
• a being of heart - shimjungand heart
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expressions of heart
good-ness
will
heart
emotion
beauty
intellect
truthculture
value
function of mind
the relationship between mind value
and culture centered on heart
personal / cultural spheres
sciencephilosophy
artethics
morality
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a being of logos
• being of logos
• true self
• logos creativity
• 2 stage creativity
Confucius said in The Analects, “At seventy I followed my heart’s desire without over-stepping the line.”
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a being of creativity: logos
• Logos as self and creativity
• 2 stage development
• define purpose need or intention(heart), research-plan-select best idea, build, test, evaluate, improve
idea intention heart purpose / shimjung / “unchanging values”
pre-Logossubliminal/reconsideration
blueprint
plan+material+build
substance: art science artifacts
ISS IHS
SS HS
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a being of creativity: science
• “dominion”
• anatomy
• biology
• neuroscience
• astronomy
• physics
• chemistry
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a being of creativity: art• “creativity” / art / music / poetry / sculpture / architecture / cinema / performance / dance
Millet: the gleaners
Vermeer: girl with the pearl earring
Chihuly: glass sculpture
dance / performance art
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ecology • ‘dominion’ as deep ecology / nature
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• subject and object - relationships
• object consciousness as ethics
• obedience filial humility
• object position - object consciousness - loyalty
• subject position - dominion over all things
a being with position
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subject position• subject consciousness
• family - Confucian - respect
• leadership and concern
• authority and love / love and order
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connected being consciousness and democracy
judicial legislative executive
transcendent principle
people and agreement
connected body / object consciousness / John Locke 1632-1704 / equality-human rights / constitution
socio-politico organizations
• allegory of the cave• ideas / archetypes• the republic• laws(historically premature ?)
God
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natural law• equality before god
• stoics
• democracy as object consciousness
• Locke: ‘Second Treatise Concerning Civil Government’ - George Mason, Thomas Paine, James Madison etc
• love and order
• way of heaven
processive?
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conclusion
• original human being SS and HS
• harmony of man woman
• original human being
• divine character and logos
• creativity - heart-centered ruler of all things
• a being with position
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• Soren Kierkegaard
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Karl Jaspers
• Martin Heidegger
• Jean Paul Sartre
Appraisals: existentialism
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end
• end of section 3
• next axiology
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