TBerg
fallen angel who hasn't earned his wings
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Every human being is born with an idea. It may come from an image of something they saw, or it may come from an sound that continues to echo within. But it is an irrepressible occurrence that animates the human being. Indeed, the word animal shares its origin with the word animus, which has a spiritual, as opposed to material, connotation.
It can be seen, therefore, that generating ideas is a fundamental impulse of all animals, even beyond the human being. But let us continue to restrict our discussion to the human being.
As human beings, we are capable of communicating our ideas in the form of language. Language, in an of itself, cannot be understood as a collection of atoms. Trying to reduce it do material particles would totally destroy any understanding of language itself. We could even say that language, in and of itself, is essentialist, meaning that each word conveys an essence of a thing.
As we put our minds to work in refining our understanding of these essences, we naturally create mental systems to show how these essences can be put together to form sentences and paragraphs. If we attempt to bring our linguistic constructions to the high standard of aphorism, they become ideologies.
Thus ideologies become evermore refined animating mental constructions that bolster our platform in the world. If ever you have sought the advice of an old book or old friend, then you know the power of ideas. Ideology just treats ideas in a more systematic and coherent manner, instead of seeing no relationship between the ideas that challenge you throughout your life.
Ideology is thereby able to bring the reality we experience into clearer and clearer relief, allowing us to see actionable meaning throughout our days. Otherwise our animal impulses would continue to be of an unrefined and primitive character that would not represent the high potential of intelligent life.
We can see how ideology is actually a very important part of all of our lives, giving us a chance to elevate ourselves with evermore sophisticated understandings that can help us avoid errors that may prove to be disaster or folly. So we can see how, if we are affected by ideology, then everyone else is as well.
https://libercolumbia.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/in-defense-of-ideology/
It can be seen, therefore, that generating ideas is a fundamental impulse of all animals, even beyond the human being. But let us continue to restrict our discussion to the human being.
As human beings, we are capable of communicating our ideas in the form of language. Language, in an of itself, cannot be understood as a collection of atoms. Trying to reduce it do material particles would totally destroy any understanding of language itself. We could even say that language, in and of itself, is essentialist, meaning that each word conveys an essence of a thing.
As we put our minds to work in refining our understanding of these essences, we naturally create mental systems to show how these essences can be put together to form sentences and paragraphs. If we attempt to bring our linguistic constructions to the high standard of aphorism, they become ideologies.
Thus ideologies become evermore refined animating mental constructions that bolster our platform in the world. If ever you have sought the advice of an old book or old friend, then you know the power of ideas. Ideology just treats ideas in a more systematic and coherent manner, instead of seeing no relationship between the ideas that challenge you throughout your life.
Ideology is thereby able to bring the reality we experience into clearer and clearer relief, allowing us to see actionable meaning throughout our days. Otherwise our animal impulses would continue to be of an unrefined and primitive character that would not represent the high potential of intelligent life.
We can see how ideology is actually a very important part of all of our lives, giving us a chance to elevate ourselves with evermore sophisticated understandings that can help us avoid errors that may prove to be disaster or folly. So we can see how, if we are affected by ideology, then everyone else is as well.
https://libercolumbia.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/in-defense-of-ideology/
