The Three Fundamental/Essential Questions
- IS: Why is there being/something (what/identity) rather than nothing? (material cause) ontology/BE… deductive understanding.
- OUGHT: Why is there motion/change/variation (how/action)? (efficient/moving cause) epistemology/DO… inductive practical reason.
- VALUE: Why do we ask why (quality/telos)? (formal/final cause) axiology/END… abductive judgment.
Two more versions of the same set of questions:
“Why is there something rather than nothing?”
“Is change an illusion?” // Can people change?
“What is the meaning of life?”
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What is it?
How does it behave?
Why does it matter?
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Would it alarm you that the answer is triadic?
whispers: answer precedes question
whispers back: and when the student is ready, the answer emerges
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