E 232 Lecture Notes - Ineffability
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Humanist high estimate of man"s abilities, powers and man"s perspective on. Looked to this world and nature as setting of human drama and focus of human endeavor. Attentive of phenomena of human consciousness and nature of its hidden universe structures. Found in classical culture a rich source of insight and values. Profoundly promethean rebellion against repressive traditional structures, celebration of individual human genius, restless quest for human freedom, fulfillment, bold exploration of the new. Exalted reason exalted calm predictability of static abstractions, math. Man"s value = rational intellect, power to comprehend/exploit laws of nature, control, conquest. Exalted ineffability of inspiration, inexhaustible drama of human life. Man"s value = imaginative and spiritual aspirations, emotional depths, artistic creativity, powers of individual self-expression and self-creation. Object for observation, experimentation, theoretical explanation, technological manipulation. Source of spiritual essence; source of mystical union. Reasoning mind, sense perception, cognitive faculties, behaviorally quantifiable. Mysteries of interior life (dreams, extreme states of consciousness, epiphany, ectasy)
