Practical transcendence points to what absolute Transcendence is not, and rescues us from relating to Transcendence as mere negativity.
Practical transcendence points to what absolute Transcendence is not, and rescues us from relating to Transcendence as mere negativity.
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I am often without context reading your posts (though this doesn’t lessen what treasures they are).
I am sometimes uncertain non the less which are your comments and which are direct quotes or excerpts, perhaps it’s my failing, but now you must consider that others may feel the same.
Here I have never thought of simple personal transcendence as negativity and I am not sure where this view originates. Now while I don’t expect you to hold my hand some compass might serve me well both as guide and as a token that you do not wish me to wander confused.
There’s usually a triple context. First of all, it’s usually a self-critique. I rarely attack things I haven’t experienced first-hand. Then I’ve usually come to see the outer surface of the same behaviors in others as wrong or offensive, and have tried to link the behavior with the philosophical ground that justifies it. Finally, what I am reading is usually what has brought into focus the issue I’m writing about. In this case, I am commenting on how people use romantic-mystical conceptions of transcendence to avoid the obligation to acknowledge the more ordinary fact of the transcendence of other people.
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Well, I agree with that as far as I can tell whole heartedly.
and I think you are right. people hide behind a great deal of the mystical for a great number of reasons.
I have actually got nothing to add, that sounds spot on.