[MD] Social & Intellectual Levels

[MarshaV]

At 09:00 AM 8/18/2008, you wrote:
>Marsha:
>Getting beyond materialism is the most important step.  And that would be to
>get beyond materialism using analytic inquiry.  It would be nice to have
>enlightenment en Toto, but I doubt that is going to happen any time soon.
>Unless, of course, it occurs at our mass destruction.
>
>I found Nagarjuna's logic impeccable.  My understanding isn't nearly as
>thorough as I'd like, but I knew from the first time I read it that here was
>the key to putting subjects and objects in their subordinate place.  And
>unless the ILLUSION of a s/o world is understood deeply, there will be no
>deep insight.   The clinging and acquiring will continue.
>
>I'm assuming you've read Nagarjuna.  Have you?
>
>Ron:
>Yes I have, and I understand your point as provided above, It's just
>when you make a statement like:
>Intellectual Level:  Thought (patterns) established and emerging from
>analytic inquiry.
>
>It sounds to me that like Bo, you define the intellectual level as 
>Analytic thought. Which I disagree with, the whole purpose of 
>Nagarjuna's tetra lemma
>is to expose this fallacy through the use analytics to deconstruct 
>this method of thinking which to an analytical mind has more success 
>and makes more sense then all the citations to the contrary, only 
>through analytics
>may you prove that analytics is not the only way to intellectualize.
>
>thanks
>Marsha

Ron,

The tetralemma is Indian logic.  Logic is logic.  That Nagarjuna uses 
it so decisively to find a middle way between idealism and 
reification to a two-truth solution is a wonderment.  He must have 
been very beautiful to be so clear.

My recommendation is tetralemma straight up.  Never mind the whimpy mixers.

Marsha




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