Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V00 #73

["Larry Tremblay" <ltct@concentric.net>]

> There is no clash between thought and feeling, any apparent 
> clash betwwen the two iis really a clash between two 
> contradicting ideas. So, if you have a feeling that seems 
> irrational, it's really your ideas that are irrational.

Thanks Dan. I couldn't have said it better. Ayn Rand's 
philosophy has had a great influence on my own thinking, 
too. Her essay, "Art and Cognition" in her book "The 
Romantic Manifesto" is what led me to Helmholtz, and 
subsequently, a whole new world of music and aesthetics.

- Larry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Koontz" <DanKoontz@webtv.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V00 #73


> First of all, rationality and irrationality are mutually exclusive. You
> either choose to validate your ideas (through a process of reason),and
> be rational; or choose to follow whatever makes you feel good and is
> conveniant.  The senses (percepts) are valid, they are automatic
> reactions to the external world. Your senses never lie, the error occurs
> when a person takes percepts and forms incorrect (invalid) concepts. A
> good example of this would be the illusion of the broken-stick in water.
> The senses are totaly reliable in that they don't censor the light
> coming to your eyes at different speeds. I you were to conclude that the
> stick was really bent, that would be an error of thought (conceptual),
> not yor senses (perceptual).  Love is not an "irrational feeling". Love,
> like all feelings or emotions are a value judgement formed by one's
> ideas.  All emotions derive from the content of one's mind. If you won a
> million dollars, would you feel happy, or sad and dejected? You would
> feel happy, because those million dollars would be of value to you.
> There is no clash between thought and feeling, any apparent clash
> betwwen the two iis really a clash between two contradicting ideas. So,
> if you have a feeling that seems irrational, it's really your ideas that
> are irrational. I strongly suggest you look into Objectivism, the
> philosophy of Ayn Rand. 
> 
> Cheers,   - Dan
> 
>