RE: Literal and Not Literal
September 4, 2019 at 10:50 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2019 at 10:52 pm by Anomalocaris.)
The inward knowledge is ultimately only of any value whatsoever if it enables the individual to better gain and leverage knowledge of the reality outside for his survival.
Without ever enlarging knowledge of the outside world, inner knowledge is a sterile masturbation. Inner knowledge by itself can not offer any possibility whatsoever of forestalling extinction, it can only accelerate extinction by creating the delusion of forestalling extinction and thus prevent measures that can be taken from being recognized as necessary. Inner knowledge that does not dovetail with acquisition of outside knowledge is truely pure escapism with no redeeming value whatsoever.
Outside knowledge by itself can only forestall extinction for so long. But it can. What is more it can contribute to forestalling extinction for longer because it directly contributes to further acquisition of further outside knowledge that can forestall extinction beyond that point.
Without ever enlarging knowledge of the outside world, inner knowledge is a sterile masturbation. Inner knowledge by itself can not offer any possibility whatsoever of forestalling extinction, it can only accelerate extinction by creating the delusion of forestalling extinction and thus prevent measures that can be taken from being recognized as necessary. Inner knowledge that does not dovetail with acquisition of outside knowledge is truely pure escapism with no redeeming value whatsoever.
Outside knowledge by itself can only forestall extinction for so long. But it can. What is more it can contribute to forestalling extinction for longer because it directly contributes to further acquisition of further outside knowledge that can forestall extinction beyond that point.
