[MD] The SOM/MOQ discrepancy.

[Krimel]

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From: Arlo Bensinger [mailto:ajb102 at psu.edu] 
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Subject: Re: [MD] The SOM/MOQ discrepancy.

[Platt to Ham]
Here I see value (Quality) at the very root of your philosophy -- an 
Essence that created the world because it wanted to be appreciated...

[Arlo]
Exodus 20:5 "You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, 
the LORD your God, am a jealous God..."

I'd say any "Essence" that's so needy that it needed to create "the 
world" just so its creations will "appreciate it" (perceive its 
magnificence!?)  is a poor "Essence" indeed. But hey, if you need 
something to worship, I suppose anything will do...

So let me ask... in your views (the need-to-be appreciated Essigod, 
or the MOQ-based Qualigod), did the "intent to produce man" precede 
man's existence? That is, in both of your metaphysics, was their a 
"plan" to make man long before the cosmos appeared?

[Krimel]
There's that but I would add: what are we to make of this statement:

"Thus, Essence actualizes difference as the appearance of otherness to an
autonomous agent."

What is an "autonomous agent"?