I and Infinite
Blaise Pascal
- French mathematician and philosopher
- said that the individual in relation to the universe is just an inconsequential speck of dust
found in this big mass of dust
- On the other hand, the ‘I’ as consciousness is no longer just a body because he is
conscious of himself and the universe and beyond
- Hence, each individual is important. We are open to the beyond or the infinite due to our
awareness of the universe itself which if compared to us is a dumb universe
- We are little and tiny compared to this world and vast space (the universe itself)
- We are conscious and aware, thus, we are open to the infinite
How is the infinite concretized?
- As conscious beings, each one is driven by a certain search and demand.
o He is a dynamic consciousness. It is not something that closes upon itself. It is
moving constantly towards two things.
- In traditional philosophy, it is equal to the true (object of thought) and the good (object of
the will)
- Not exactly the same sense in phenomenology. Whether we like it or not the
consciousness moves towards meaning and mutual recognition in friendship,
companionship, community, and others.
The consciousness in search for meaning searches for integration and unification of the self.
- Each human being seeks for a purposive life. The opposite of integral life is sabog. There
is a constant need of integration otherwise there will be no peace, order, and rest.
He eventually finds meaning and integration but always only for a while and momentarily.
- It does not last so; he must continuously go on and find a way again to find unification.
Something happens in one’s life that takes the meaning away then one must go on to find
again integration.
Plato says that perhaps what we are looking for is beyond this world, infinite (finis – Latin for end
or limit), or the unlimited that alone will make us happy. Might it not be, he says, that what we are
looking for is infinite in as much as the things that we find in the universe is always limited.
- The soul (Plato’s term for consciousness) is searching for what is beyond.
Mutual recognition, as the saying goes, means that man is not made to be alone.
- There is always a search to be with the other.
As discussed formerly, one first becomes conscious of the other through the parents, baby –
mother is one example of mutual recognition including the other I – Thou relationships. It goes
outside the family in friendship, community etc. we find joy because there is acceptance, respect,
Blaise Pascal
- French mathematician and philosopher
- said that the individual in relation to the universe is just an inconsequential speck of dust
found in this big mass of dust
- On the other hand, the ‘I’ as consciousness is no longer just a body because he is
conscious of himself and the universe and beyond
- Hence, each individual is important. We are open to the beyond or the infinite due to our
awareness of the universe itself which if compared to us is a dumb universe
- We are little and tiny compared to this world and vast space (the universe itself)
- We are conscious and aware, thus, we are open to the infinite
How is the infinite concretized?
- As conscious beings, each one is driven by a certain search and demand.
o He is a dynamic consciousness. It is not something that closes upon itself. It is
moving constantly towards two things.
- In traditional philosophy, it is equal to the true (object of thought) and the good (object of
the will)
- Not exactly the same sense in phenomenology. Whether we like it or not the
consciousness moves towards meaning and mutual recognition in friendship,
companionship, community, and others.
The consciousness in search for meaning searches for integration and unification of the self.
- Each human being seeks for a purposive life. The opposite of integral life is sabog. There
is a constant need of integration otherwise there will be no peace, order, and rest.
He eventually finds meaning and integration but always only for a while and momentarily.
- It does not last so; he must continuously go on and find a way again to find unification.
Something happens in one’s life that takes the meaning away then one must go on to find
again integration.
Plato says that perhaps what we are looking for is beyond this world, infinite (finis – Latin for end
or limit), or the unlimited that alone will make us happy. Might it not be, he says, that what we are
looking for is infinite in as much as the things that we find in the universe is always limited.
- The soul (Plato’s term for consciousness) is searching for what is beyond.
Mutual recognition, as the saying goes, means that man is not made to be alone.
- There is always a search to be with the other.
As discussed formerly, one first becomes conscious of the other through the parents, baby –
mother is one example of mutual recognition including the other I – Thou relationships. It goes
outside the family in friendship, community etc. we find joy because there is acceptance, respect,
