Philosophy

Seek the Beautiful, Good, and True

Milan Pomothy •
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Optimal and normative behavioural, attentional, cognitive, nmotional, ressource, reading, writing, creative, and analytical allocation entails seeking and expressing the Beautiful, the Good, and the True.

For example, Eugenics, which is the Righteous pursuit and maximisation of traits such as:

  • High intelligence;
    • High visual-spatial ability;
  • Perfect/refined conscience;
  • Hard-workingness/dutifulness;
  • Resistance to pain;
  • Rationality;
  • Physical fitness;
  • Health/longevity;
  • Pulchritude;
  • Artistic/literary/aesthetic capacities;
  • Humour;
  • Long-term orientation;
  • Internal locus of control/resistance to suggestion;
  • Pursuit of satisfaction/Eudaemonia over base enjoyment/Hedonism;
  • Sincerity/Honesty over con…

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Ffschmidt •
#272

Hate what is bad and love what is good, and establish judgement in the gate. – Amos 5:15

That bit about establishing judgement in the gate is pretty important. Good values must be passed between generations. While genetics is important, it isn’t enough by itself. Here is my fantastasy for doing this.

MWMary Wilson •
#273

Internal locus of control is good but isn’t its antonym to shift blame to circumstances or people, rather than being resistant to suggestion. Isn’t being resistant to suggestion or obstinacy counterproductive when one is an apprentice? Even the great geniuses had mentors and absorbed knowledge before creating. Everything else is good.

Pomothy, M. • • reply to #273
#275

I was one for a long time and had to de facto learn eveeyrhing/re-invent frpm dcratch, barring cryptomnesia.. most people have garbage ideas and suggestion is to rwceive a pre-existihgexisting other idea… I was always alone.

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