We talked some about the following assertion: We should develop the ascetic disciplines and habits of being that address those passions that prevent us from loving, and thus properly perceiving others.
This is because according to what we were learning in class, and for me, in other classes recently: Today who people are is a matter not of being a certain kind of person but of having the kinds of commodities that will give the appearance of a particular kind of persona or image.
SO, we start to self-glorify. We idolize ourselves. This is where it gets sticky.
It is if we are looking into "mirrors reflecting the scope of the viewer's aim." However, it is known by any who look into a mirror that they always take reality and flip it around completely. So, we cannot see things as they actually are.
As spoken by the one and only Mr. Benjamin Pierce we related this to the following idea.
The Subject <---------------------------------------Self--------------------------------------->Other
We are creatures. We are created and we are not the subject. To connect once more to Heidegger we have the ability to think when we're relational. We are free to be relational.
So, we can think and act to either idolize ourselves or not. I am of the opinion that we are to resist this temptation of simply having and move towards being. It is deeper and more moving than simple having of something. Think about it. Would you rather be a blonde or have blonde hair? The two phrases carry different meaning... just as a small example.
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