{"id":5156,"date":"2022-01-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T22:34:03","slug":"mark-smith-interprets-genesis-without-awareness-of-the-first-singularity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5156","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Mark S. Smith\u2019s Book (2019) \u201cThe Genesis of Good and Evil\u201d (Part 2 of 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0004 Two key words pop out in the introduction, \u201cscope\u201d and \u201cretrospect\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both apply to reading and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, consider the author.&nbsp;&nbsp;The author has a gift, a charism.&nbsp;&nbsp;Insights are framed by \u201chis\u201d scope, the cultural impress of the time.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, the cultural impress does not determine the author\u2019s words.&nbsp;&nbsp;The author does.&nbsp;&nbsp;The author has \u201chis&#8221; own concerns, which somehow intersect with scope.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The author\u2019s insights arise from \u201chis\u201d own interpretations and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0005 I can write two formulaic descriptions of the author, following&nbsp;<em>A Primer on the Category-Based Nested Form<\/em>(available at the smashwords website as well as other purveyors of e-works).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One,&nbsp;<em>the normal context of producing text<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;brings&nbsp;<em>the actuality of the author\u2019s personal conditions<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into relation with&nbsp;<em>possibilities inherent in the cultural milieu of the author<sub>1<\/sub>, including \u201chis\u201d scope<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two,&nbsp;<em>the normal context of writing<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;brings&nbsp;<em>insights<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into relation with&nbsp;<em>the potential of the author\u2019s point of view<sub>1<\/sub>, containing \u201chis\u201d charism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-01-smith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-01-smith.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-01-smith.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-01-smith-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0006 Do these nested forms interscope?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some say that an author emerges from the civilizational conditions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Others say that an author conveys insights.&nbsp;&nbsp;Clearly, one nested from does not fully situate the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They do not interscope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0007 Instead, they intersect.&nbsp;&nbsp;The author is the single actuality that fuses the actualities of conditions<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;and insight<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-02-smith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-02-smith.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-02-smith.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-02-smith-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0008 Ah, the author<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>a single actuality that is the intersection of two actualities,<\/em>&nbsp;conditions<sub>2H<\/sub>&nbsp;and insight<sub>2V<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;One nested form defines the horizon.&nbsp;&nbsp;One nested form transects the horizon.&nbsp;&nbsp;Clearly, the intersection celebrates, rather than resolves, contradictions inherent to the author<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a picture of the intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-03-smith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-03-smith.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-03-smith.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fig-03-smith-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0004 Two key words pop out in the introduction, \u201cscope\u201d and \u201cretrospect\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both apply to reading and writing. 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