thx...no doubt some folks here think im just smokin grass...:)..just reflects pyramid of knowledge, similar to pyramid of economic values we sometimes see portrayed..with gold at bottom of inverted pyramid...
"Metaphysics: Axiomatic foundation of knowledge, eg validity of senses, causality, free will, existence, identity, consciousness...these concepts validated by observing that they are present in all experience, and cannot be denied without self-contradiction.
Epistemology: a characterization of thought based on the gathering and ordering of observations of existence
Virtues: the personal qualities that embody and protect thought, eg, honesty...if we are dishonest with ourselves about the evidence we have observed, we cannot make concepts that accurately reflect existence....and without thinking, we cannot live.
Politics: social structure that fosters and protects our ability to act in accordance with virtue...our individual need for thought and free will, along with our individual life, lead us to a political structure which will protect our free thought, our life, and our property
Aesthetics: visions of greatness which we can admire and which will give us emotional fuel to keep working to improve ourselves"
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