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9d13">As the thing in itself cannot be known, we are left with patterns of rationality as the only relevant reality (idealism). These patterns of intelligibility structure reality, and like living things they can develop towards more rational states. The name for this kind of extended mind in German is <b>Geist</b>, meaning a combination of mind and spirit.</p><p id="8020">The development of Geist is driven by two processes: <b>differentiation / articulation</b>, and <b>integration</b>. Together, they comprise the <b>systematization</b> of the world itself. This autonomous system gradually evolves as it synthesizes opposing ideas through the dialectical process. In this way, rationality (and thereby reality) realizes itself, ultimately becoming self-aware in the form of the World Spirit (or God).</p><p id="ce4a">One of the consequences is that God, as the self-organizing principle of reality, is again seen as rational, and we can again access the divine through rational reflection. Hegel is effectively translating religion into philosophy.</p><p id="fbc4">While popular in his time, Hegel’s ideas faced critiques on numerous front

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s:</p><ul><li>Schopenhauer (and later Nietzsche) considered the intelligibility patterns to be driven by will (Will to Live, Will to Power), making them fundamentally irrational and arbitrary.</li><li>Kierkegaard criticized Hegel’s philosophy for being a purely intellectual system lacking in the participatory knowledge needed to cultivate wisdom. From the Kierkegaardian perspective, our attempts to realize the divine have been severed from personal transformation (they do not compel us to take the “leap of faith”).</li><li>Marx saw religion as an opium distracting us from the reality of how socioeconomic forces shape history through conflict. The participation that Hegel inherently lacked, Marx provided through a call to political and economic revolution.</li></ul><p id="dc4e"><a href="https://readmedium.com/summary-of-awakening-from-the-meaning-crisis-by-john-vervaeke-chapter-23-romanticism-0ded8b29cb29">Previous chapter: Romanticism</a></p><p id="24a8"><a href="https://readmedium.com/summary-of-awakening-from-the-meaning-crisis-by-john-vervaeke-chapter-25-the-clash-a8ea65710b2d">Next chapter: The Clash</a></p></article></body>

We Are At The “Horse Latitudes”

A Door Poem That Describes Where We Are as A Country

The term horse latitudes originates from when the Spanish transported horses by ship to their colonies in the West Indies and Americas. Ships often became becalmed in mid-ocean in this latitude, thus severely prolonging the voyage; the resulting water shortages made it impossible for the crew to keep the horses alive, and they would throw the dead or dying animals overboard.Wikimedia

Reference Map Image, By Maphobbyist — Own work, At Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Horse LatitudesImage, By Burschik (2007–05–31), At Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

As Explained briefly in the post, “The Government “Of The People, By The People, For The People Is Here!” The “Load on the people” is at an all-time high.

If you look at the second image of the above article, you can see a small tricycle motorcycle with a huge load. It is representative of “the people” carrying an unrealistic load put there by an entity that is NOT responsible to us and does not have a limit on how much load there is because they are NOT “the people.” They are career politicians.

Today, every existing President believes they can fix “all OUR problems” by adding more and more 4th Branch entities. As Heather Richardson Cox of Substack, in her article of September 20, 2023, explained:

“The Biden administration announced the creation of the American Climate Corps. This will be a group of more than 20,000 young Americans who will learn to work in clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience while also earning good wages and addressing climate change.”

The 4th Branch of government has grown from zero in 1913 to over 4.0 Million Federal “Civil Servants” in 110 Years. The Federal Government has gone from debts they could pay within one Administration to a debt that will take more than three generations of Americans to pay.

With the Largest debt ever ($33 Trillion), WE, The People, are as loaded down as we can be with no PLAN on how we are going to pay that debt.

The “Professional Politicians” only worry about their “re-election.” All they want is our Vote. After all, who else is running against them? There are NO TERM LIMITS.

They can afford to throw us overboard. All they are worried about is MONEY. Money to retire with, Money to get re-elected. For this, they need the accommodations that Lobby people, Corporations, and Rich People like Soros to help them with.

The current government cannot even agree on a budget for 2024!!!

The Door “Horse Latitudes”

When the still sea conspires in armor And her sullen and aborted currents Breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead Awkward instant And the first animal is jettisoned Legs furiously pumping Their stiff green gallop And heads bob up Poise Delicate Pause Consent In mute nostril agony Carefully refined And sealed over

Can we work any harder? The middle class is going into extinction. To Stop this from happening, we need someone who understands why we are where we are and understands WHERE THE RUDDER OF THE SHIP IS!

THE PEOPLE ARE THE RUDDER — Image made by the Author in PowerPoint.

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