Entology and
Entropy; Together Again at Last, Possibly.
Poor Descartes (Med 1st Philosophy, etc.), understands so
completely that in order to establish just one simple truth about anything that
he perceives either Cognitively and/or Sensorially in the real world, he must
throw down an anchor and stop the maelstrom of uncertainties, doubts, and humilities
from sinking his faith-tainted vessel and keep it from disappearing into the
murkiness of the all that we don’t know, as he makes his philosophical voyage across
the expanses of the finite to the infinite.
He “knows” that he needs to somehow establish something to be True, by
way of a process of reason, that he can feel ok about, given his strong
tendencies towards belief in things that are extremely difficult( if not
impossible) to prove. He comes to
something of a conclusion that other potential truths must be referenced
against an unquestionable Truth.
He also understands that over time and with shifting perceptions, both cognitive and sensory (and intellectually), that those things that he evaluates against his Truth, may take on different forms, either physically or intellectually. But he also supposes that a certain amount of transformation is allowable without the object or concept of his consideration becoming something entirely different. The supposition he comes to rest on is that everything that can be described at some point in time, contains an “essence” such that it may undergo various forms of transformations without corrupting the inherent essence that defines the ………truth…….of the subject of meditation. He goes on to reason that if this essence is too severely strained, it becomes something else entirely, in very much of an entropic demise from its former identity, earmarked by the once discernible, but now missing, authentic essence. Intellectually, the Entology of the loss of authentic essence can be understood, but contextual influencers have eliminated what may have once been a static form of truth. It is exactly because of the ebb and flow of truthfulness, that Descartes was so earnest in his attempts to logically defend a single Truth that he could trust as his infallible baseline. Like I mentioned in an earlier post(s), Faith, Trust, Beliefs, Truths, Deceptions, Transformations, Entropics and disambiguations, are, and can only be relative descriptors without a fixed point that one( the acceptable quorum?) feels validated in using as a universal benchmark. Descartes finds God as his benchmark. Now, without starting to talk about turtles again, I suggest that Descartes rationalization of God as his Truth is at minimum is a moving target, highly personalized, and infinitely adjustable. Now imagine a carpenter trying to build a house using a measuring stick formed in the same manner as Descartes formulation of God as a static, and thus an unchanging, viable benchmark. It’s entirely possible that the carpenter can succeed with his construction if he works is total solitude. But, suppose the Carpenter has an Assistant who has constructed his own measuring stick, or worse! Keeps borrowing the stick belonging to the Carpenter….
He also understands that over time and with shifting perceptions, both cognitive and sensory (and intellectually), that those things that he evaluates against his Truth, may take on different forms, either physically or intellectually. But he also supposes that a certain amount of transformation is allowable without the object or concept of his consideration becoming something entirely different. The supposition he comes to rest on is that everything that can be described at some point in time, contains an “essence” such that it may undergo various forms of transformations without corrupting the inherent essence that defines the ………truth…….of the subject of meditation. He goes on to reason that if this essence is too severely strained, it becomes something else entirely, in very much of an entropic demise from its former identity, earmarked by the once discernible, but now missing, authentic essence. Intellectually, the Entology of the loss of authentic essence can be understood, but contextual influencers have eliminated what may have once been a static form of truth. It is exactly because of the ebb and flow of truthfulness, that Descartes was so earnest in his attempts to logically defend a single Truth that he could trust as his infallible baseline. Like I mentioned in an earlier post(s), Faith, Trust, Beliefs, Truths, Deceptions, Transformations, Entropics and disambiguations, are, and can only be relative descriptors without a fixed point that one( the acceptable quorum?) feels validated in using as a universal benchmark. Descartes finds God as his benchmark. Now, without starting to talk about turtles again, I suggest that Descartes rationalization of God as his Truth is at minimum is a moving target, highly personalized, and infinitely adjustable. Now imagine a carpenter trying to build a house using a measuring stick formed in the same manner as Descartes formulation of God as a static, and thus an unchanging, viable benchmark. It’s entirely possible that the carpenter can succeed with his construction if he works is total solitude. But, suppose the Carpenter has an Assistant who has constructed his own measuring stick, or worse! Keeps borrowing the stick belonging to the Carpenter….
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