Man and Woman Relationship: A New Center for the Universe

Alan Anderson Christopher

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A philosophical accounting of the man and woman relationship with its metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical aspects required to form an understanding of the world in which we live. "This structuring or rooting of each man or woman in his or her own universal man and woman relationship will bring forth a consciousness of that other part or sexed half, so that one may know and experience a connection with their sexual other at each moment throughout one's life."The Man and Woman Relationship: A New Center for the Universe

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Dating
• Mind
• Body

Informations

• Publié par: First Edition Design Publishing
• Date de parution: 02 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781622871889
• Langue: English

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The Man and Woman Relationship: A New Center for the Universe
Christopher Alan Anderson


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The Man and Woman Relationship: A New Center for the Universe



Christopher Alan Anderson
The Man and Woman Relationship: A New Center for the Universe
Copyright 2012 Christopher Alan Anderson
ISBN 978-1622871-88-9

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Preface

Note to the reader:
What you are about to read is a product of many years of effort on my part to critically understand myself and the world I live in. This has been a vast undertaking and I feel this work is more of a beginning than an ending. In many ways, it is still rough, unfinished. In part, I have had to develop a terminology to fit what I have wanted to say. I have also struggled with myself, constantly running up against the limits of my own talents and resources. At this time, I feel it is necessary to publish what I have completed to begin this manifestation of thought about the man and woman relationship. The concepts themselves are solid, and with some effort on your part, are clear enough to abstract.
At this time, I would also like to acknowledge those people who have helped being this work to fruition. Thanks to: Vicki Suemnicht for her many months of editing to bring this work to its current legibility; Chris Alderman for her cover design assistance and drawing of the figures; Lisa Blair for her typing and retyping of drafts without complaint; Lynn O’Brien of Unitype for layout and typesetting; Bill O’Dell of O’Dell Printing for production and printing; Robert Birk for the many conversations over the years about the idea of the Man and Woman Relationship; and lastly, Stanley and Mary Jane Anderson, my parents, for their love and support.

C.A.A.— May 7, 1985
Santa Rosa, California
Table of Contents

-Introduction — An Overview
-Part 1—Man and Woman
-1. Relationship and Process
Individuality and Unity
Reproduction
One Universal Process
-2. Male and Female
Sexuality
Male and Female
A Conception of the Self
-3. Value and Sexuality
Forming Individuality
Polarity
Freedom to Give and to Receive
-4. Creativity
Conception
Connection
Children
-5. Symbolism
Soul
God and Love
Man and Woman
-Part 2—The Absolute
-6. The Necessity of an Absolute
Metaphysical and Epistemological Necessity
The Structure of Consciousness
The Deduction of Co-Existence
-7. Reason
The Essence of Reason
The Conceptual Process
Certainty
-8. Knowledge
Knowing and Believing
Metaphysical Truths
The Basis of Construction
-9. A Standard
A Thought System
A Standard in Action
The Motive of Relativism
-10. Philosophical Considerations
Duality
Desire and Order
A Rebirth in Metaphysics
-Part 3—Liberty and Justice
-11. Liberty
The Existent Situation
The Survival Unit
The Ethical Moment
-12. Ownership
Productive Effort
The Nature of Rights
Property
-13. Law
Natural Law and Moral Action
The Enactment of Law
The Enforcement of Law
-14. State
The Parameter of Government
Economic Liberty
The Free-Lunch Mentality
-15. Justice
Accountability
The Law of Proportionality
In Defense of Principle
-Conclusion—The Restructuring of a Soul
“This structuring or rooting of each man or woman in his or her own universal man and woman relationship will bring forth a consciousness of that other part or sexed half, so that one may know and experience a connection with their ‘sexual other’ at each moment throughout one's life.”
Introduction--An Overview
It is the view of this writer that the man and woman relationship represents an essential expression of the order and nature of life. In this writing, this expression is viewed philosophically as a system or, more precisely, a thought-system.
There has been criticism of philosophy in general (and systems in particular) because of its all-embracing attitudes as well as its mechanistic, deterministic conceptions of an order that inevitably leaves out the heartbeat of life. This need not be the case. We do not need to sacrifice the natural and spontaneous living of life to preserve a philosophical order to life. Nor do we need to sacrifice order to live life naturally.
This work presents a living system, the central characters of the system being a man and a woman themselves, alive, in interaction with one another.
The Man and Woman Relationship is presented in three parts or levels, analogous to the base, body, and apex of a pyramid:

· Part 1: Man and Woman —The nature of existence. (What is there to know?)
· Part 2: The Absolute —Our interpretation of this nature of existence. (How may we know it?)
· Part 3: Liberty and Justice —Our action in the world given the nature of our existence. (How ought we act given what there is to know?)

Part 1: Man and Woman addresses the primary philosophical question: What is there to know? This is the metaphysical issue concerning what is primary or given in the nature or essence of things. In the thought-system of The Man and Woman Relationship , Part 1: Man and Woman is equivalent to the foundation of the pyramid and represents the metaphysical base upon which the body and apex will be built.
Part 2: The Absolute addresses the epistemological question: How do we know it? The question here is not with what there is to know or how one ought to act, but how one knows that he knows. If it is not possible for one to know whether or not his interpretation of the nature of existence is correct, there is little use in one thinking about how things are and what that means to one’s life. The Absolute represents the epistemological body of the thought-system connecting the given of existence with individual action.
Part 3: Liberty and Justice addresses the issue of action, of ethics. How ought one to act given the knowledge of the way things are? The “ought” here is not to be considered a dictate. One intrinsically has concern for his/her own survival and, it is assumed, will quite willingly act in ways that are supportive to it—if one knows what those ways are. Liberty and Justice represents the ethical apex of this thought-system, the point of action where each man and woman lives out his or her life, based upon what they “know” to be so.

The Man and Woman Relationship
Part 1 - Man and Woman

1. Relationship and Process

Individuality and Unity
No matter where we choose to begin an inquiry into the nature of existence or reality, that chosen position must necessarily exist within a context or relation. We formulate a position by specifying it in content or time; let us call such a formulation an individual conception. Immediately, we find the implication of relationship, that the individual conception stands in reference to something else. Let us begin then by stating the position that any idea exists in a relationship to something other, or in a context of self-other. This includes every idea you or I have ever formulated in our minds, every idea we have thought upon or will think upon.
To specify an idea then is an act that brings forth individuality-in-relationship. Individuality is the specification of any idea or thing (idea-entity) in contrast to something else. It is this self-other relationship that allows for conception or recognition of an individual entity.
In contrast to the idea of individuality is the idea of non-individuality or unity. Unity is the other side or part of individuality, the state where no specification upon individual idea occurs and thus no self-other differentiation takes place. It is an equilibrium or resting state—without distinction of “separate things”, without dimension.
It should be noted that to specify the idea of unity or equilibrium is itself an act of identification which brings forth that specific individual idea-entity in relationship to unity. We can only postulate a “unity” as a deductive or logical necessity. The moment we consider some individual idea or thing, we differentiate it from everything else, the total of which is the whole or “unity.” Unity is a logical necessity just as is individuality. We cannot deal with specific ideas such as individuality and unity without in each instance considering both, which is how we know that both do and must exist in relation to the other. Individuality only has meaning relative to unity and likewise unity must exist relative to individuality.
The relationship of individuality and unity is inherent in any formation of an idea-entity, or the release of that formation into a non-differentiated unity. Any inquiry into the nature of existence will bring this exact relationship forth. It can be said that relationship itself is an intrinsic aspect of the way things are.
How can we better understand the nature of the relationship of these two essential aspects, individuality and unity? Let us look deeper into the formation of a specific idea-entity using the tool of our own thinking. Thinking itself is an action, or effort , that specifies an individuality. It is the cognitive act of identifying “this” as opposed to “that.” We think to specify or identify ideas and things, such as who we are ourselves. Without thinking we could not be conscious of identities such as ourselves.
Thinking, then, is the identifying, differentiating act that specifies a self-other relationship. It is an apparent dividing or separating action that occurs upon the delineation of a specific ide