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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

"The Principle of Individuality and Value" by Bernard Bosanquet,1912


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An individual is not a mere particular,nor is he a personality finding supreme value in experience ; an individual is a whole organized from mutually supplementing parts.
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The world process is moving in the direction of greater integration of its parts.
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The principle of individuality,when viewed in terms of ideas,is the principle of harmony,cooperation,and noncontradiction.
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Purpose is secondary to individuality ;
to understand the world,
one must understand it not in terms of purpose but on the principle of individuality.
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Value depends on order and harmony ;
a life acquires value when it contributes to the realization of a larger whole.
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The Absolute may be an individual in whom all selves are brought together in a single thought.
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