In message .com, Andy
Evans writes
Transcendence is very different from escapism 0 from life0 dimension and is closely linked to many religions, cults and sects. It
is associated with maturity, though as Berlioz said ''Time is a great
teacher but unfortunately it kills all of its pupils'' (Almanach des
Lettres Francaises).
It has a philosophical base in the works of Nietzsche and others. It
can also be a way of socially dominating 0 convergent thinking, and is goal-oriented towards results and success.

But if you can0 not escapism is necessary. The two poles may 0 be considered as fight or flight. While fight may require courage and
persistence, flight may require more ingenuity and creativity 0 escape, where to seek refuge. If we took a group of prisoners in a
prisoner of war camp, we could postulate that escape would be to tunnel
under the walls, transcendence would be to try to kill the guards and
escapism would be to swallow one0 the war and make matchstick models. (Evans A, "This Virtual Life"
2003)



A suitable candidate for 'Psueds Corner' methinks.
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Chris Morriss

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:57:27 +0100, Chris Morriss
wrote:

In message .com, Andy
Evans writes
Transcendence is very different from escapism 0 from life0 dimension and is closely linked to many religions, cults and sects. It
is associated with maturity, though as Berlioz said ''Time is a great
teacher but unfortunately it kills all of its pupils'' (Almanach des
Lettres Francaises).
It has a philosophical base in the works of Nietzsche and others. It
can also be a way of socially dominating 0 convergent thinking, and is goal-oriented towards results and success.

But if you can0 not escapism is necessary. The two poles may 0 be considered as fight or flight. While fight may require courage and
persistence, flight may require more ingenuity and creativity 0 escape, where to seek refuge. If we took a group of prisoners in a
prisoner of war camp, we could postulate that escape would be to tunnel
under the walls, transcendence would be to try to kill the guards and
escapism would be to swallow one0 the war and make matchstick models. (Evans A, "This Virtual Life"
2003)



A suitable candidate for 'Psueds Corner' methinks.

Well of course - haven't you read his tube posts? :-)
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