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Appreciable effort. And respect for your point of view. It certainly appears to be emanating from some constituents of your memory of the past.
Again, at the slight risk of annoying you, I will have to re state that substance of your argument has overwhelming empirical bias. You have further elaborated my apprehensions about your view which clearly continue to regard the entity of Man as a thing of 'Matter of Fact'. Your 'Man' is like a puppet whose strings are held by past and whose future is already determined and hence surrendered. He is beset with facts. There is no component of possibilities in him. Such Determinism is no Modernism, leave apart 'Post' Modernism. If anything, it is some kind of Regressionism, Relapsism and Atrophism. It stands in the same category of thought in which we today place the archaic Karma Theory. But there is one noteworthy feature of this view. It stands as its own critic. It shouts loud of its own faults. It itself unconceils its hopelessness. It says '' I am the murderer of my Freedom''
Against this, my Man is so free that he himself cant fathom the depth of his freedom. My Man has no regret of Past, he has respect for its Present and fearlessness for its Future. He looks forward and forward is his religion. His reason is sound to understand that Past is just a gone fact. His Intellect is acute to intercept deleterious impressions of past trying to impregnate his future. And his action to such misdemeanor of past is lethal. He bursts with possibilities. He is moving towards horizon of the morning.
Only thing that creates problem in my Man is infinitude of Possibilities emanating from unbrindled Freedom. He is not worried like your man in deathbed. On the other hand, his complain is about the 'Fact' of shortness of human life against the amount of 'potential' possibilities that he holds.
Again, you can be my man, i can be yours. In either case, both of us have choice. Choice comes from Freedom. Sad that your Man has surrendered this very freedom which empowered him with Choice!!
@forward Thanks for your input But here is what i deciphered though immature . Memory is characterized as the changeless ownership of the arousing picture as a duplicate which speaks to the object of which it is a photo. Memory, or the bringing back to mind the buildup of memory, relies on upon the laws which direct the relationship of our thoughts.so it's scribe Ps this may irk you
@forward soul of man is his truth in unity with memory /mind You must be aware of Confucius master and servant theory which give general rule of interdependence like fathers son, master and servant . So I connected dots and perceived that soul and memory are interdependent for example the wax tackles the figure of the seal without the gold or other metal of which the seal is made. Same is case with memory and soul here memory is the seal impression on soul and gold or metal can be seen as past.
My answer is strongly empirical. The entity of Man is, indeed, a 'thing.' Existence, in its entirety is a 'thing.' Life is but a small speck on the gamut of existence. Man is a speck on that speck. He cannot but be a 'thing.' His fate is determined by his past to a great extent, on the grander scales of time.
However, 'Man' is not like a puppet whose future is already determined and hence surrendered. His strings are, indeed, held by past, but the drip isn't firm. The laxity of the strings of his past is determined by his character, i.e., the strength of his conviction to overcome his past and present and build a new future. It's also determined by his accrued resources. There is, also, chance, which may flip fates in ways unfathomable. Man is bound by some determinism, but his free will is certainly present and modifies his condition for better or for worse. This, in no way, proclaims that man is the murderer of his own freedom.
However, to judge a man's achievements, yet completely negate the bondage of his past, is perhaps unkind on him. Libertarian principles need not be sacrificed in accepting the stigmata of one's past. The stigmata of one's past includes one's character, one's memories and one's accrued resources. These resources determine the liberties you enjoy in society. Thus, it is your character and your accrued resources, that determine the laxity of your strings too. Resources are not a part of your self. The character of a man is embedded in his memories of himself. He doesn't wake up one fine morning and forget that his is brave. Conversely, a coward doesn't wake up one fine morning and falsely remember his vows of courage. His character is also written out in his memory of himself. If we remove the material (the resources), then what's left is the sum total of his memories.
Man need not have any regrets for his past; he may have respect for his present and may be fearless for his future. This is a part of the memory of himself. But his past certainly stays on with him. He may not be fatalistic; nor does he have to surrender his free will. But negating one's past is like denying history. History shapes your today and tomorrow, whether you like it or not. The extent to which you let it shape your today and tomorrow is determined by your character and resources.
The infinitude of possibilities emanating from unbridled freedom is applicable to men who have it. Freedoms are subject to resources. Resources are determined by your past. Nobody has stopped your man from building his resources. But he must start from a point. His life is finite. That means that his final state is determined by his initial condition - if not fully, partly for sure. The stigmata of past stay on with you into the future.
The man on his deathbed is not worried; he is reflective. He tries to sum up his life and find himself in the sum total of his memories. He realises that, what has been and what he has achieved have all been imbibed into his memory. He realises that, his inner self speaks only through flashes of his memories. He realises that, his self without his memories is but an empty canvas. His life and his identity are the shades and colours spread across boldly upon that canvas. This canvas is now identical with his soul. It is the sum total of his potential and his achievements that has stayed with him till his deathbed. It is nothing but his 'soul' - as perishable as the body it is housed in.
The hypothetical 'soul' of religion is but a device to escape the fear of death. My man doesn't need to fear death. He doesn't need an outlandish explanation for something that is well explained by things he well understands. The 'soul' of religion is very different from the 'soul' of man. the soul of man is indeed the sum total of his memories - about the world and about himself. It need not be eternal and it need not be divine. The soul of my man is free from the fear of its own demise.
In summary, your man seems to be a hopeless romantic. ;;) My man seems to be pragmatic. Both have their virtues; both have their shortcomings. The world is diverse and so are worldviews.
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Appreciable effort.
And respect for your point of view.
It certainly appears to be emanating from some constituents of your memory of the past.
Again, at the slight risk of annoying you, I will have to re state that substance of your argument has overwhelming empirical bias. You have further elaborated my apprehensions about your view which clearly continue to regard the entity of Man as a thing of 'Matter of Fact'. Your 'Man' is like a puppet whose strings are held by past and whose future is already determined and hence surrendered. He is beset with facts. There is no component of possibilities in him. Such Determinism is no Modernism, leave apart 'Post' Modernism.
If anything, it is some kind of Regressionism, Relapsism and Atrophism.
It stands in the same category of thought in which we today place the archaic Karma Theory.
But there is one noteworthy feature of this view.
It stands as its own critic.
It shouts loud of its own faults.
It itself unconceils its hopelessness.
It says '' I am the murderer of my Freedom''
Against this, my Man is so free that he himself cant fathom the depth of his freedom.
My Man has no regret of Past, he has respect for its Present and fearlessness for its Future.
He looks forward and forward is his religion.
His reason is sound to understand that Past is just a gone fact.
His Intellect is acute to intercept deleterious impressions of past trying to impregnate his future.
And his action to such misdemeanor of past is lethal.
He bursts with possibilities.
He is moving towards horizon of the morning.
Only thing that creates problem in my Man is infinitude of Possibilities emanating from unbrindled Freedom.
He is not worried like your man in deathbed.
On the other hand, his complain is about the 'Fact' of shortness of human life against the amount of 'potential' possibilities that he holds.
Again, you can be my man, i can be yours.
In either case, both of us have choice.
Choice comes from Freedom.
Sad that your Man has surrendered this very freedom which empowered him with Choice!!
you are talking about Riley right?? Me too first thought about while writing
Thanks for your input
But here is what i deciphered though immature .
Memory is characterized as the changeless ownership of the arousing picture as a duplicate which speaks to the object of which it is a photo. Memory, or the bringing back to mind the buildup of memory, relies on upon the laws which direct the relationship of our thoughts.so it's scribe
Ps this may irk you
soul of man is his truth in unity with memory /mind
You must be aware of Confucius master and servant theory which give general rule of interdependence like fathers son, master and servant . So I connected dots and perceived that soul and memory are interdependent for example the wax tackles the figure of the seal without the gold or other metal of which the seal is made. Same is case with memory and soul here memory is the seal impression on soul and gold or metal can be seen as past.
My answer is strongly empirical. The entity of Man is, indeed, a 'thing.' Existence, in its entirety is a 'thing.' Life is but a small speck on the gamut of existence. Man is a speck on that speck. He cannot but be a 'thing.' His fate is determined by his past to a great extent, on the grander scales of time.
However, 'Man' is not like a puppet whose future is already determined and hence surrendered. His strings are, indeed, held by past, but the drip isn't firm. The laxity of the strings of his past is determined by his character, i.e., the strength of his conviction to overcome his past and present and build a new future. It's also determined by his accrued resources. There is, also, chance, which may flip fates in ways unfathomable. Man is bound by some determinism, but his free will is certainly present and modifies his condition for better or for worse. This, in no way, proclaims that man is the murderer of his own freedom.
However, to judge a man's achievements, yet completely negate the bondage of his past, is perhaps unkind on him. Libertarian principles need not be sacrificed in accepting the stigmata of one's past. The stigmata of one's past includes one's character, one's memories and one's accrued resources. These resources determine the liberties you enjoy in society. Thus, it is your character and your accrued resources, that determine the laxity of your strings too. Resources are not a part of your self. The character of a man is embedded in his memories of himself. He doesn't wake up one fine morning and forget that his is brave. Conversely, a coward doesn't wake up one fine morning and falsely remember his vows of courage. His character is also written out in his memory of himself. If we remove the material (the resources), then what's left is the sum total of his memories.
Man need not have any regrets for his past; he may have respect for his present and may be fearless for his future. This is a part of the memory of himself. But his past certainly stays on with him. He may not be fatalistic; nor does he have to surrender his free will. But negating one's past is like denying history. History shapes your today and tomorrow, whether you like it or not. The extent to which you let it shape your today and tomorrow is determined by your character and resources.
The infinitude of possibilities emanating from unbridled freedom is applicable to men who have it. Freedoms are subject to resources. Resources are determined by your past. Nobody has stopped your man from building his resources. But he must start from a point. His life is finite. That means that his final state is determined by his initial condition - if not fully, partly for sure. The stigmata of past stay on with you into the future.
The man on his deathbed is not worried; he is reflective. He tries to sum up his life and find himself in the sum total of his memories. He realises that, what has been and what he has achieved have all been imbibed into his memory. He realises that, his inner self speaks only through flashes of his memories. He realises that, his self without his memories is but an empty canvas. His life and his identity are the shades and colours spread across boldly upon that canvas. This canvas is now identical with his soul. It is the sum total of his potential and his achievements that has stayed with him till his deathbed. It is nothing but his 'soul' - as perishable as the body it is housed in.
The hypothetical 'soul' of religion is but a device to escape the fear of death. My man doesn't need to fear death. He doesn't need an outlandish explanation for something that is well explained by things he well understands. The 'soul' of religion is very different from the 'soul' of man. the soul of man is indeed the sum total of his memories - about the world and about himself. It need not be eternal and it need not be divine. The soul of my man is free from the fear of its own demise.
In summary, your man seems to be a hopeless romantic. ;;) My man seems to be pragmatic. Both have their virtues; both have their shortcomings. The world is diverse and so are worldviews.