“For Aristotle, philosophy originates from wonder at reality. Ancient philosophy is therefore first and foremost open to reality, aimed at objective truth”…
— Augusto del Noce
“Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think. What we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality”…
— David Bohm
Ouroboros and the Decoupling of Reality - Part 2
For over 2,000 years the history of Western Civilisation’s intellectual thought and contemplation was anchored in the symbiotic relationship between the Observer (Conscious Self - Ego) and the Observed (God and the Natural World).
The arrival of Nominalism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism profoundly changed this relationship.
Increasingly Reality was shaped solely by Man - Hegel’s Second Nature, Dialectical Materialism, Hegel’s Absolute Idealism, Scientific Gnosticism, Trans Humanism, Artificial General Intelligence, and ultimately the Theology of Marxism where Man was apparently now God.
It was a World increasingly of the Observer (Conscious Self - Ego) without the Observed.
A Primacy of Human Consciousness without a Primacy of Existence.
Literally, Man imposing his beliefs on the World (i.e. sensemaking) and then discovers his own inventions.
But was this shift equivalent to an Ouroboros and the Snake eating its own tail?
Had Man now entered a period of Post-Truth seeking in an attempt to decouple from Reality?
A Modern Sophism and Will to Power.
Were phenomena such as Hyperreality, the Simulacra, the Simulation, the Matrix, Virtual Reality and Hypernormalisation symptomatic of this attempt?
Could Man really decouple from Reality and were there profound real-world consequences of the endemic ideological embracement of Marxism?
Please watch - When Smart People Believe Stupid Things. [ LINK ]
Footnote:
Edition No: 44 - Ouroboros and the Decoupling of Reality - Marxism, Progressivism and Dialectical Materialism - The Snake eats its Tail [ LINK ]