[MD] Platt's Individual Level

[Ant McWatt]

Dan G stated June 18th:

>So lets say it's okay to equate the intellectual level with the individual 
>as long as it's remembered they are both just useful conventions.
>
>Thanks for your comments,
>

Dan,

Good to hear from you.

If you read the top of my “Platt's Individual Level” post carefully you will 
notice that (following Walpola Rahula/ the Buddha…) I state that “A human 
individual may appear to have a specific and determinate nature (what can be 
referred to as their social or parikalpita nature)”.  As such, it would be 
incorrect to equate the intellectual level with the individual.   For 
instance, if you were stranded by yourself on a desert island, the notion of 
“the individual” would not be a useful convention.  It would be a _useless 
convention_ as would other social value patterns such as money or saying 
“excuse me” after sneezing!

Best wishes,

Anthony


"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the 
puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is 
more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both 
puppets!'"

"Folks: It's time to evolve ideas. You know, evolution didn't end with us 
growing thumbs. You do know that, right? Didn't end there. We're at the 
point, now, where we're going to have to evolve ideas. The reason the world 
is so fucked up is we're undergoing evolution. And the reason our 
institutions, our traditional religions, are all crumbling, is because... 
they're no longer relevant. They're no longer relevant. So it's time for us 
to create a new philosophy and perhaps even a new religion, you see. And 
that's OK 'cause that's our right, 'cause we are free children of God with 
minds who can imagine anything, and that's kind of our role."

Bill Hicks from “Rant in E-Minor”

http://www.billhicks.com




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