KARL JASPERS FORUM

TA 60 (Grandpierre)

Commentary 9 (to R2)

( ULTIMATE PRINCIPLES )
by Glenn C. Wood
12 August 2003, posted 26 August 2003

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During the next few months I'll be involved in some "concrete phenomena" or stuff and will not have the time -- unless circumstances change -- to prevent what appears to me a tendency to exploit Karl Jaspers and the quality of science and its limits he represents. It seems that somewhere between the possible and the probable that there's an aggressive search for talented contributions that distract from such a quality of Biblical proportion.

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Giving the benefit of trust rather than doubt regarding sincerity, AG seems to recognize that novelty is limited to an epoch -- the last 2000 years of Greek and Chaldean influence -- a period of time in which what is new is what is appealing. It is a "new" song and dance in the context AG mentions -- he seems to think -- something at which AG appears to be quite popular.

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Whereas there's some discomfort in what appears to him a lack of precision in my comments, suffice it to say at this point that the precision TA60 displays is primarily in playing nomenclature as an instrument. The notes amount to an uncertainty principle -- which I can clearly comprehend when compared to positivism -- replaced by an artful song and dance where principle as a word is elevated to a principle as an ontology because artfully manifested and entertaining. One those resounding and applauding in the choir is HM who is edging close to AG -- and an identity of thought has only a few remaining matters to be more artfully than precisely honed; it's hoped "Principalism" is not far from the "0-D."

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It's popular to emotively claim lack of precision toward anyone mentioning the Bible as a needed standard. It's as popular as the thinking that there must be something dialectically -- materialistically and/or idealistically -- progressed to or away from in every near or far measurement (and here metamathematical nomenclature will soon flood the stage).

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Now, if Karl Jaspers' expressed approval of the Bible as a reasonable standard of faith is going to be shouted down by Evolutional boom-boom noise, then I respectfully request the Forum be given another name. If not, as time permits, I'd like to pursue diligently and adamantly how the title came about [*] and what part was played if any by the few Karl Jaspers' Societies or their representatives.

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Could AG be more ... precise ... as to which Bauer of renown is being referred to ? When mentioning the Chaldeans does the sphere of influence include in that cradle of civilization the Chaldean Catholic Church ? Is the newness sought for within the Greek etc. epoch relative to the influence of Islam and Israel ?

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Glenn C. Wood

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[*] The reason for the choice of the name of this Forum is given in the second paragraph of the statement of purpose. The topic of the reaction of philosophers and theologians to evolution is of general interest, and if you feel you have a good case, and do not mind sparks flying, you might present your ideas about this for discussion in a Target Article. - HFJM