[MD] What's missing

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Kevin Perez <kjp_on_moq at yahoo.com>:

> I'm using "intellectual concepts" as a catch all for ideas, explanations, and
> language that does not stem from direct experience.  These things can lead a
> person to an experiece.  But in themselves, because they are not the experience,
> they have no affective power.

Hi Kevin,

The intellectual concept of individual sovereignty that guided the Founding
Fathers didn't stem from direct experience, but it did have, and still does
have, tremendous affective (and effective) power. So I respectfully disagree
with that part of your statement regarding what's missing in defining the
intellectual level. But that's a minor quibble. The role of the individual as
the missing element in the description of the intellectual level we agree on,
so I suggest we keep our focus on that main point, at least in this thread.

Platt
  

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