PANDEMONIUM BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS.
Merida, Venezuela, 1999.
COPYRIGHT: Franz J. T. Lee.
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We will tarry a while investigating Intellect a n d Reason, that
is, Einai-In-Itself
a n d Einai-For-Itself. In the past lecture we indicated briefly how
in the History of Philosophy Intellect and Reason had interchanged their
epistemological hegemony. Now let us elucidate very carefully what we understand
by , Sensatio,
Intellectus
and Ratio.
In the same way, as in "mega-nothing" (macrocosmos) the Relation has levels (Rest), has degrees (Motion) and has mensions (Bezug), similarly in microcosmos, the Non-Relation has levels of non-relatedness :
a) Cosmos, ONLY non-related to itself , thus the Satz : Cosmos ;
b) Cosmos, ONLY non-related to itself and non-related to Non-Relation, to "and", thus : the Satz : Cosmos and ;
c) Cosmos, ONLY non-related to itself and non-related to Non-Relation, to "and", and non-related to Einai, thus the Satz : Cosmos and "and" and Einai.
a), b) and c) are not identical non-relations, but they are three moments of the very same Non-Relation.
Other similar examples are :
Act ; Act and ; Percept ; Actio and Sensatio ; Intellectus ; Actio and Sensatio and Intellect ; etc.
A c t i o
We have to remind that we differentiate precisely between Acting, Perceiving. Thinking about Acting and Perceiving, Thinking about Thinking itself. We are using the term "actio" to identify an Act, also to differentiate our Act from any philosophic actus or actus purus.
On this level, Acting is an attribute of Cosmos, of Us, because We are Cosmic Beings. It is what we have called Rest, a Self-Relation, a Non-Relation. Here Rest, Self and Non- should not be understood in the way how these concepts are generally explained, rather they should be grasped in the context of the past deliberations within the framework of these lectures.
Also it should be remembered that Acts are not Thoughts, although both can be expressed by specific words in language. Because of a miserable denaturalization and dissocialization process, generally called education, we have not been taught to differentiate with scientific stringency exactly what is an actio, an Act, and how it is expressed in language, from how a Thought does exist, and with which concepts it should be interrelated in words. We cannot imagine what a chaotic disaster has been developed in our brains, and what an anarchic catastrophe exists in our daily conversations and debates. Hence we can express Acts in Words, and these Words we simply call Acts. They are not products of Thoughts, but of Acts themselves.
S e n s a t i o
Now, Cosmos can perceive itself, can reflect its own Acts, for example, it can reflect its own Pico Bolivar way down in its own lagoon. Pico Bolivar and the reflection of Pico Bolivar are not identical, but they are two "sides" of Cosmic Identity all the same. They are two cosmic moments. The former, Pico Bolivar, which is reflecting itself, is an Actio ; the latter, the reflection in the lagoon, which is not the former, is a Percept, is a Sensatio. Not only "human beings" have "senses", a dog, a mountain, a fig tree, all can perceive, have sensorial perceptions, have Sensations, have Sensatio. Cosmic Acts and Percepts have an "and"-relation, a reflexive, an auto-, a non-Bezug. Sensatio is Cosmic Perception of Cosmic Action.
I n t e l l e c t u s
Now, we non-relate the realm of Cosmos to the domain of Einai ; we auto-relate Acts and Percepts to Thought about them, to Thought-In-Itself. We arrive at (Acting and Perceiving) and Intellect, also named Einai-In-Itself. Again, we must observe that although Thinking or Thought exists as " a n d "-Relation, yet Thought-In-Itself, Einai-In-Itself, has an "and"-Relation, a relation at rest, an auto-relation vis-a-vis Acts and Percepts, and to Cosmos itself in general. This happens because Thought as such, as Cosmic Thought, as Intellect, in order to grasp Cosmic Action, itself has to be essentially non-relational, auto-reflexive.
Take heed: we do not only act, we act and think ; we are also using our Intellectus, not yet our Reason, which exists as Thinking about Thinking-Itself, which exists as Intellect a n d Reason, as Einai-In-a n d-For-Itself.
Thinking-In-Itself : To Think In Itself
Furthermore, Intellect non-relates Act and Percept and Concept in Words and Language. Also it is Actio and Sensatio and Intellectus. As we will see later, Einai has a contradictory, an a n d - relation : it is Einai-In-Itself (Intellect) ; it exists as Einai-In-a n d-For-Itself (Reason). We are now only concerned with its Is-Nature, with its non-relativeness, and not with its contradictory Existence.
At this stage, at this degree, which is a level and degree, we are thinking-in-itself, and we are utilizing our language tool to express ourselves, to intercommunicate ourselves. But, we are thinking about acting Cosmos, about essential perceptions, about our Cosmic nature, about our active Praxis, about essential, cosmic, human being. We are not yet thinking-for-itself, i.e., we are not yet only reasoning. Also we are not yet thinking-in- a n d -for-itself, which is the way in which reasoning überhaupt exists.
Now, what is intellectualizing ? What is that which has become Property, a Commodity, in the Patria, during the process of Capital and Reason Accumulation, in modern Globalization ?
In the next lecture, we will treat this aspect, i.e., Thinking or Thought as Intellect. We will also indicate why Intellect was "labourized", and why it could become a commodity on the international market.