From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 13:20:40 BST
Hi Steve,
>
> I think you have agape and amor reversed. I see compassion as a higher
> form of love than romantic love. Romantic love (amor) has an "I'll love
> you if you'll love me" quality to it. It is indeed a "personal love" which
> makes it a lower form of love than compassion (agape) which is a
> disinterested love that transcends self-ishness.
Transcends selfishness? I think not. As a generalization, liberal types
want to be admired for their "compassion." At least they talk incessantly
about how wonderful it would be if everyone was as caring and
compassionate as they--with other people's money, of course. :-)
As for Tarzan and unborn babies not being human, you've ignored human
potential. An ape will always be an ape, but Tarzan has the potential to
speak like you and I.
Finally, a self-aware human doesn't stop at the social level. Internally
you and I view our ideas as an integral part of our personalities. Viewed
by others, we may be seen as purely social level creatures, mere ciphers
in a sea of humanity. But that view can lead to all sorts of bad things,
like Communism for starters. The sanctity of the individual, comprising
all levels, is the foundation for political liberty and currently the
pattern most capable of responding to DQ. Lest there be any doubt about an
individual comprising all levels, consider this quote from Pirsig:
"The MOQ divides the hominem, or 'individual' into four parts: inorganic,
biological, social and intellectual. Once this analysis is made, the ad
hominem argument can be defined more clearly: It is an attempt destroy the
intellectual patterns of an individual by attacking his social status. In
other words, a lower form of evolution is being used to destroy a higher
form. That is evil." Note 140-Lila's child
Platt
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