Re: virus: Spirituality?
Lena Rotenberg (lrr@netkonnect.net)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:30:54 -0400
>[P]eople must belong to a tribe; they yearn to have a purpose larger
>than themselves. We are obligated by the deepest drives of the human
>spirit to make ourselves more than animated dust, and we must have a
>story to tell about where we came from, and why we are here.
>
> -Edward O. Wilson
I wonder if 'self-consciousness' and 'consciousness of the other (human)'
wouldn't suffice here, rather than appealing to 'spirituality'.
'Spirit' is another of those words with 1001 meanings. 'Human spirit' adds
to the confusion.
lena
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Lena Rotenberg
lrr@netkonnect.net