163. 11/12 July 2019
You are at Bob Evans at eleven-twenty-eight and Fritz is on his way from the office. So far, all is well in your personal world. Enjoy. - Amorella
Lots of errands today. The final one, dropping off a card for Paul's forty-first birthday. Let's continue with Miss Havisham's commentary on ancient philosophy about souls. (This continues into tomorrow.) - Amorella
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3.2 The Republic's Theory of Soul
"Reason is the part of the soul that is, of its own nature, attached to knowledge and truth.
It is also, however, concerned to guide and regulate the life that it is, or anyhow should be, in charge of, ideally in a way that is informed by wisdom and that takes into consideration the concerns both of each of the three parts separately and of the soul as a whole; these concerns must be supposed to include a person's bodily needs, presumably via the concerns of appetite.
The natural attachment of spirit is to honor and, more generally, to recognition and esteem by others. As a motivating force, it generally accounts for self-assertion and ambition."
Selected and Edited From: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Ancient Theory of Souls
What do you have to say about this quotation, Miss Havisham? - Amorella
I begin with what is less important and move toward that which is more important from my perspective. The last part, 'The natural attachment of spirit is to honor, to recognition and esteem of others, is a motivating force driven by self-assertion and ambition' can be a worthy, but it selfishly driven by the use and manipulation of power for control of a person, people or a situation.
The second in importance in this context is the soul is a guide to the human heartanmind in the regulation of moderation of the body's needs and appetites.
The most important aspect of the soul in this context is allowing and nudging the heartanmind intuitive-like to focus towards the higher realms of knowledge and truth for their sake alone, because once the body is no more, this guidance is a necessity for the human spirit to survive and mature both individually and collectively. What do you think, Mr. Orndorff? - mh
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1756 hours. Miss Havisham, I think you oversimplify the vast stockpile of human wants and needs within an overly idealistic concept of behavior. Survival for the individual to help the survival of his family and friends first and for the ultimate survival of the species second is the duty beyond anything else for the living human spirit. People do what they have to do to survive; it is a built-in ratio for the primary need at the moment. If it is not possible to survive, then one does what she or he can to allow immediate family, friend or fellow human being to survive without her or him. Knowledge and experience is used to get things done that need to be done for the good of all; truth, in the living human experience is not fully knowable.
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