[MD] The Edge 2006 Annual Question

[Scott Roberts]

SA,

SA said:
For instance Scott, (Also David I have a question for
you in here as well)

     Scott said:  "What do you mean by "internal"?
That is, I am aware of various seven-ordered schemes,
like the evolutionary cosmology of Rudolf Steiner, and
the developmental stages of Arthur M. Young, but then
there are the 10 sefirot, the nine psychological types
of the Enneagram, etc. So while with thirds, there is
a logic behind the threeness, what sort of logic do
you see behind the seven-ness?

     Lots of numbers here, making everything break
down into numbers, having some logic order with
numbers.  Or maybe I just don't know what your talking
about, which probably is the case.  Still a lot of
numbers are being used to explain something.

Scott:
That's why I asked my question to Joe. I see threeness as logically 
necessary to there being meaning, but by that I only mean that for there to 
be meaning, it is necessary to think in terms of triadic relations: 
something means something else to someone. Remove any part of this relation, 
and you don't have meaning. Joe then said that seven-ness is internal to 
order. I don't know what he meant by that, so I asked him, pointing out 
there are other esoteric "orders" that are not sevens.

- Scott