313. My Passion For Science in America
In his book on the Democracy In America, Alexis de Tocqueville says that American sciences are divided into three parts as follows:
(1) theoretical science, which identifies principles and abstract notions and are either unknown or very remote;
(2) practical science, which is composed of general truths that belongs to theoretical science and leads to practical science; and
(3) the application of science.
But Alexis also talks about the love of science and the interest of those Americans who seek abstract truths. I am one of those Americans. Thus, the desire to utilize knowledge is one thing. But the pure desire to know is another. Among many Americans, Alexis found Americans who are selfish and mercantile and have a trading taste for money. These Americans cannot develop the passion that exists in the heart of a few Americans.
Alexis also knew what happened when China was absorbed in productive industry. The greater part of its sciences were lost. Today, China is still trying to recover its science. The Americans have also been absorbed by a productive industry. Based on this industry, all knowledge of God, the universe, atoms, democracies, human lives, mathematics, and infrastructures is not of interest. So, Americans must turn around.
I say that Americans are not developing their minds properly. They develop too much logic and do not develop enough dialectics. Their minds are unable to lift physical science above materialism. So, Americans say that capitalism and socialism cannot be united. So these Americans reject Marx, Hegel, and Lenin, who have said that all knowledge must be derived from the development of physical and intellectual (natural and spiritual) life.
In 1872, an American (Henry C. Carey) accepted the development of physical, natural, and spiritual life in his book on 'The Unity of Law.' Carey says that capitalism is not an end. Instead, Carey says that capitalism is the instrument by help of which the work is done. So, capitalism and socialism must be brought together. In the 1970s, when double-digit inflation rose to 12 %, the service sector took a beating. So, Americans must make capitalism a real science.
Today, I will turn my attention away from my blogging to my third book.
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(1) theoretical science, which identifies principles and abstract notions and are either unknown or very remote;
(2) practical science, which is composed of general truths that belongs to theoretical science and leads to practical science; and
(3) the application of science.
But Alexis also talks about the love of science and the interest of those Americans who seek abstract truths. I am one of those Americans. Thus, the desire to utilize knowledge is one thing. But the pure desire to know is another. Among many Americans, Alexis found Americans who are selfish and mercantile and have a trading taste for money. These Americans cannot develop the passion that exists in the heart of a few Americans.
Alexis also knew what happened when China was absorbed in productive industry. The greater part of its sciences were lost. Today, China is still trying to recover its science. The Americans have also been absorbed by a productive industry. Based on this industry, all knowledge of God, the universe, atoms, democracies, human lives, mathematics, and infrastructures is not of interest. So, Americans must turn around.
I say that Americans are not developing their minds properly. They develop too much logic and do not develop enough dialectics. Their minds are unable to lift physical science above materialism. So, Americans say that capitalism and socialism cannot be united. So these Americans reject Marx, Hegel, and Lenin, who have said that all knowledge must be derived from the development of physical and intellectual (natural and spiritual) life.
In 1872, an American (Henry C. Carey) accepted the development of physical, natural, and spiritual life in his book on 'The Unity of Law.' Carey says that capitalism is not an end. Instead, Carey says that capitalism is the instrument by help of which the work is done. So, capitalism and socialism must be brought together. In the 1970s, when double-digit inflation rose to 12 %, the service sector took a beating. So, Americans must make capitalism a real science.
Today, I will turn my attention away from my blogging to my third book.
Readers: (click)
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