This error prone machination did not operate in our heart of hearts before the Fall.<\/p>\n
All of evolved life, up to the point of our departure, paralleled mimesisconstrained<\/sup>, in this most realistic and fantastic sense:<\/p>\n Life sacrificed itself in order to live.<\/p>\n Individuals risked everything.\u00a0 For what?\u00a0 Reproductive success?\u00a0 Yes, and more: the desire to be alive in the way that they are alive.<\/p>\n A simple rule coupled to an animating principle.\u00a0 Voila, the diversity of life.<\/p>\n Every species learned their desires from others, insofar as others provided their niche.\u00a0 “The Umwelt” is \u201cthe creature being in its niche\u201d; a space that others created in their desire for \u2013 their pursuit of \u2013 the same \u201cobject\u201d; \u201cto live\u201d.<\/p>\n Here we have “the object that brings all creatures into relation” in its wondrous simplicity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This error prone machination did not operate in our heart of hearts before the Fall. All of evolved life, up to the point of our departure, paralleled mimesisconstrained, in this most realistic and fantastic sense: Life sacrificed itself in order to live. Individuals risked everything.\u00a0 For what?\u00a0 Reproductive success?\u00a0 Yes, and more: the desire to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychology-and-the-scapegoat-girard"],"yoast_head":"\n