[MD] Why are things called patterns?

[X Acto]

Marsha to Dan:
 Then intellectual static patterns of value are a particular category of pattern that began to emerge with the ancient Greeks and functions in a particular manner:  mathematics, philosophy, science, etc.  

Ron sez:
Although this was well said I think it can be summed up more generally by pointing to
the value of reflection, particularly reflection apon which concepts are best and
more importantly, our reasons for valuing them as the distinction marking what western
culture means by the term "intellectual" and more precisely what our group means  by
the distinction of an intellectual "level".
 
 
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