For me, there are three, all interrelated and interdependent. But, it would be stretch to call the first of the three a principle; rather, I believe it is the ground upon which “everything rests” (including principles)–it is Love. The second is Creation, call it whatever you like, the big bang, God, the pinching off of multiple universes….whatever you call it, that’s where the evolution of this universe begins and culminates (so far) in human intelligence. The third is imagination–or the possibility of possibility that is embedded in human intelligence. At the cutting edge of this expressive function is found the activity of ‘interrogation and reply,’ as well as the interplay of the understanding with our creative imagination, and the rules we use to extend and restrict that imagination. These rules become the principles with which we qualify and quantify human experience. Thanks for the question.
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1 bwinwnbwi // Jan 3, 2009 at 3:38 pm
For me, there are three, all interrelated and interdependent. But, it would be stretch to call the first of the three a principle; rather, I believe it is the ground upon which “everything rests” (including principles)–it is Love. The second is Creation, call it whatever you like, the big bang, God, the pinching off of multiple universes….whatever you call it, that’s where the evolution of this universe begins and culminates (so far) in human intelligence. The third is imagination–or the possibility of possibility that is embedded in human intelligence. At the cutting edge of this expressive function is found the activity of ‘interrogation and reply,’ as well as the interplay of the understanding with our creative imagination, and the rules we use to extend and restrict that imagination. These rules become the principles with which we qualify and quantify human experience. Thanks for the question.
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