[MD] The other side of Value

[Ham Priday]

Evening, Joe (and Mark who may be listening in) --


On Sat, May 28, 2011 ay 3:33 PM, "Joseph Maurer" <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:



> Hi Ham and All,
>
> I keep returning to your post with questions.  What defines unity?   It is
> something in consciousness, since it is other.  The emotional level is
> indefinable.  Where does the 1 at an intellectual level obtain validity 
> for
> the base to mathematics?
>
> My conclusion was from the indefinable emotional level.  You call that an
> incredulous statement.  I find no hesitation in saying that 1 at an
> emotional level is an indefinable metaphysical reality of identity, while 
> 1
> at an intellectual level is defined and followed by 2.

The problem with numbers, whether it's zero or two, is that they quantify 
"relations" which are not metaphysical identities.  You are correct that the 
prime number identifies the Absolute Source, not because it is relational 
but because Essence is One.  But this is an intellectual conclusion, not an 
"emotional response" to sensible experience.

There is no real "unity" in existence, and we can't quantify Essence or 
essential value.  I think what you're asking is a question Mark has alluded 
to: How can contradiction and numerality arise from an Absolute Source?   It 
is an appropriate question to address here, since it concerns what I've 
called the "other side of Value".

For me, the answer lies in the theory of Negation.  If the Absolute Source 
(God) is the perfect unity of all that is or can ever be, then the 
potentiality of this identity is negation.  That is to say, what is by 
nature absolute and undifferentiated can create only by "negating 
nothingness" to produce difference.  Once Difference is established as the 
subjective mode of experience, relational otherness becomes the value 
construct of a cognitive agent who himself relates valuistically to his 
Creator.  Also, inasmuch as nothingness is antithetical to Essence, the 
principle of negation is consistent with the essential ontology.

In my online thesis, I use the analogy of the mountain climber who has 
ascended to the highest summit and for whom further progress can only be 
descent.  Absolute Essence is the only entity with the power to create by 
"exclusion", since "...the potential for actualizing the appearance of 
contrariety (difference) is innate in its Oneness.  And because negation is 
the potentiality of Essence, which itself is primary, the cause and source 
of creation are one."

Give some thought to this concept, Joe; it may enable you to define "unity" 
in a non-numerical way.

And thanks for posing a more sensible question this time.

Happy Memorial Day,
Ham