[MD] Hoy stoves and those who sit on them

[Ham Priday]

Andre, Joe, and All --

On 3/24/10 at 12:41 PM, Joseph Maurer wrote:
Hi Andre and all,

> I agree you don¹t get much clarity about ³essence² when you
> look at it all by itself.   However, 'individuality' strikes a note for
> 'essence' as a level in existence.  When I was pondering evolution
> I accepted a hierarchy of levels in existence.  'Individuality'
> participates in all those levels.  Indeed, 'individuality' trumps DQ
> in every case where evolution proposes a different individual level
> in existence.  The individual exists.  DQ exists in the individual.
> I was flabbergasted at the dependent role that DQ plays to
> 'individuality'.  There is no way of knowing DQ apart from the
> 'individual".

> I don¹t expect this is a surprising development,
> but it sure was a surprise to me.


There is no way of knowing ANYTHING apart from the individual.
There is also no way of VALUING anything apart from the individual.
The individual is the point of reference for all of reality.

(So, why is the individual subject slighted in the MoQ?)

--Ham