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The grand plan is a re-enactment of what was done by missionaries to
obliterate pagans, native faiths around the globe. <b>The flaws of the
target faith must be shown to be INCURABLE ESSENCES. </b>Otherwise the
natives would 'develop/evolve' just like Christianity has and
continues to do. This is why "frozen in time" type of stereotypes are
dangerous especially when sold to Hindus as something romantic.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Representation and Reality of the Self in Art
Chapter 1. Aristotle's Concept Of Essence
In this chapter I will discuss <b>Aristotleâs concept of essence, which supports the claim that the representation of likeness in self-portraits is at the same time the representation of the essential self of the artist. </b>Aristotle discusses essence in Metaphysics, as a part of his answer to the ontological question of being. The concept of essence appears in a rather tangled discussion of substance in Book Zeta, first as a criterion for the substantiality; later essence is identified with the substance.
The ontological question of ...
<b>Aristotle goes on to say that essence is what is definable in a thing. </b>So, for Aristotle, essences are just the species of genus, and nothing else. [6] The essence of the thing is that which is intelligible about it, because it is the essence of something that is described in the definition of it. <b>Only essence can be defined. The essence of a thing is those per se features that are mentioned in the definition.</b> Aristotleâs claim is that the essence of something is its substance. Therefore, substance is essence. The claim that essence is substance means that what is ontologically fundamental is also conceptually prior, i.e., ontologically prior in a sense that the being of everything depends on the essence, conceptually prior in that it is in terms of essence that everything has to be understood.
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The grand plan is a re-enactment of what was done by missionaries to
obliterate pagans, native faiths around the globe. <b>The flaws of the
target faith must be shown to be INCURABLE ESSENCES. </b>Otherwise the
natives would 'develop/evolve' just like Christianity has and
continues to do. This is why "frozen in time" type of stereotypes are
dangerous especially when sold to Hindus as something romantic.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Representation and Reality of the Self in Art
Chapter 1. Aristotle's Concept Of Essence
In this chapter I will discuss <b>Aristotleâs concept of essence, which supports the claim that the representation of likeness in self-portraits is at the same time the representation of the essential self of the artist. </b>Aristotle discusses essence in Metaphysics, as a part of his answer to the ontological question of being. The concept of essence appears in a rather tangled discussion of substance in Book Zeta, first as a criterion for the substantiality; later essence is identified with the substance.
The ontological question of ...
<b>Aristotle goes on to say that essence is what is definable in a thing. </b>So, for Aristotle, essences are just the species of genus, and nothing else. [6] The essence of the thing is that which is intelligible about it, because it is the essence of something that is described in the definition of it. <b>Only essence can be defined. The essence of a thing is those per se features that are mentioned in the definition.</b> Aristotleâs claim is that the essence of something is its substance. Therefore, substance is essence. The claim that essence is substance means that what is ontologically fundamental is also conceptually prior, i.e., ontologically prior in a sense that the being of everything depends on the essence, conceptually prior in that it is in terms of essence that everything has to be understood.
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