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0092 At this point, I examine the fourth section, covering John Paul II’s integration of original innocence<\/em> and the ethos of the gift<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start, take a pencil and strike out the word, “perfect”, and replace it with the word, “complete”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do I do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know a few perfectionists, and they are not completionists.  Completion<\/em> means fulfillment of an intention<\/em>.  An oak tree<\/em> is the fulfillment of the intention of an acorn<\/em>.  The oak tree<\/em> completes the acorn<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0093 Aquinas mentions three states of humans.  The following figure shows how the terms associate to biblical teachings, the hypothesis first singularity, and to Alexander Dugin’s political theology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0094 Well, maybe the above figure overstates the importance of the hypothesis of the first singularity and Alexander Dugin’s political theology.  I mean, look at the three items for glory.  There is no way that they are equivalent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am sure that Pope John Paul II, looking down from his heavenly perch, chuckles at the folly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0095 John Paul II refers to humans before original sin<\/em> as living in a state of innocence<\/em> and receiving the gift of grace<\/em>.  Current Christian philosophy and theology have yet to grasp the implications.  What is the nature of the Lebenswelt that we evolved in?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aquinas’s account of original justice seems a little too academic.  The state of innocence<\/em> involves a complete ordering of the lower parts of man<\/em> by that which is highest in him<\/em>.  The rule of the soul over the body may be simultaneously labeled “self-mastery” and “interior freedom”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0096  Too academic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doesn’t Aquinas’s account follow the rules of the Greimas square?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0097 Well, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, Aquinas’s explicit abstractions defy the experiences of modern civilized folk… until… “man” is replaced the the term, “adamah”.  “Humanity” adapts to social circles, each of which offers opportunities to exploit and dangers to overcome.  The harmony among these social circles corresponds to the higher parts ordering the lower parts, allowing all social circles to flourish and adapt.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, adamah<\/em> is the human writ large<\/em>, just as Adam<\/em> is adamah writ small<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0098 In our current Lebenswelt of unconstrained social complexity,<\/em> social circles translate into institutions<\/em> and organizations<\/em>.  See A Primer on How Institutions Think,<\/em> by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0099 Self-mastery<\/em> is required to participate in each social circle.  Plus, social circles celebrate interior freedom.  No one forces a person to join one team or another, even though an evolutionary anthropologist may call teamwork, “obligatory collaborative foraging”.  Social circles celebrate the responsibility to make a choice as to which team to participate in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I call the distinction between freedom and responsibility a “co-opposition”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responsibility3<\/sub> serves as a normal context for the possibility of freedom1<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom3<\/sub> serves as a normal context for the potential of responsibility1<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The integration of the person and social circles<\/em> ranges from the male-female bond that founds each family (5) to the elders who arrange and negotiate occasional gatherings of communities (1500).  Participation<\/em> is a gift.  Willingness to participate<\/em> gives peace of mind.  Participation<\/em> generates productivity and fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participation3<\/sub> serves as a normal context for the possibility of purpose1<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose3<\/sub> serves as a normal context for the potential of participation1<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0100 Of course, Pope John Paul II does not know the hypothesis that the human niche is the potential of triadic relations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, he focuses on a relation that is undeniably relevant to natural selection.  For our lineage, male-female pair-bonding is evolutionarily ancient, perhaps starting as a co-adaptation that contributes to a successful transition to bipedalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0101 How so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bipedalism evolves to facilitate transit between widely separated regions of seasonally rich resources, characteristic of the ecology of mixed forest and savannah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0102 The problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The female cannot walk long distances and forage and feed her children by herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0103 The solution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The male adapts to become the female’s helper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The marriage deal” is an evolutionary concept discussed in The First and Second Primers on the Organization Tier,<\/em> as well as A Primer on the Family<\/em>.  The male offers protection and provisioning.  The female offers fidelity.  Without fidelity, the genes of the protective and provisioning male do not make it to the next generation.  So, fidelity is key to “the marriage deal”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further adaptations, both organically and culturally, serve to increase the benefits of the marriage deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0104 Of course, a scientific discussion of the so-called “marriage deal”<\/em> does not compare to the theological rhetoric of Pope John Paul II, where the communion of male and female in mutual self-giving is congruent with adamah’s original happiness<\/em>.  But, such scientific discussion suggests that the rhetoric applies to the Lebenswelt that we evolved in<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0105 Big time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pope’s treatment of marriage applies to every social circle.  Maybe not so romantically.  But, definitely so practically.  Every social circle entails giving and receiving, because the triadic relation of the gift <\/em>is intrinsic to its operation.  The human niche<\/em> is the potential of triadic relations<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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