{"id":5905,"date":"2022-12-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2023-07-22T14:49:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T14:49:05","slug":"a-primer-for-how-to-define-the-word-religion-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5905","title":{"rendered":"\ufffcLooking at Razie Mah&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0(2015) A Primer on Classical Political Philosophy\u00a0\u00a0(Part 20 of 24)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0131 Wine is the nectar of the gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0132 My opinion starts as a social construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide40-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide40-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide40-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide40-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 40<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0133&nbsp;<em>A perspective-level socially constructed reference<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;brings&nbsp;<em>the actuality of a bewildering experience<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into relation with&nbsp;<em>a content-level originating reference<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The normal context of the nectar of the gods<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;virtually brings&nbsp;<em>the actuality of intoxication<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into relation with&nbsp;<em>a glass or two (or three?) of wine<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0134 My label,\u00a0<em>reference<sub>2c<\/sub>\u00a0constructed<sub>2b<\/sub>\u00a0on a reference<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>, turns\u00a0<em>the bewildering experience of intoxication<\/em>\u00a0into a contiguity between\u00a0<em>the perspective-level naming of &#8220;the nectar of gods&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0the content-level encounter with wine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide41.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide41.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide41-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0135 When I say, &#8220;Wine is the nectar of the gods.&#8221;, the verb, &#8220;is&#8221;, actually points to&nbsp;<em>the bewildering experience of intoxication<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, look up the definition of &#8220;is&#8221; in a leather-bound dictionary.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Bewildering experience of intoxication&#8221; is not listed as one of the definitions of &#8220;is&#8221;, except in so far as the intoxication is&nbsp;<em>a state of being<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0136 So, what happens when I meet my philosophical friends and state my opinion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversants assume that I am making a statement subject to sensible construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide42.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Slide42-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0137 What does one of my philosopher friends reply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How can wine be the nectar of the gods?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes,&nbsp;<em>the logic of secondness<\/em>&nbsp;includes&nbsp;<em>the laws of contradiction and noncontradiction<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0139 Any defense can lead to only one conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am drunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0131 Wine is the nectar of the gods. 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