tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1802790336852595851..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: AeneasKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-28913500150443042632016-03-06T18:18:57.162+00:002016-03-06T18:18:57.162+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I can't recall you commenting abo...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I can't recall you commenting about Cosmenosism, in or out of the works of Poul Anderson. I've been thinking about this largely because of a comment you left on Wright's blog, to the effect that you hope rational beings exist with minds superior to ours. An idea of which I'm frankly skeptical, btw.<br /><br />The closest example I can think of in the works of Poul Anderson speculating about MORALLY superior beings (as distinct from merely able to DO things we can't) is his short story "The Martyr."<br /><br />And while I might be wrong I think Pere Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., also speculated about what might be called a "Catholic Cosmenosism." It's been a very long time since I read any of de Chardin's works, so I can't be sure. I do recall criticisms of his work saying de Chardin's views came dangerously close to the error of pantheism.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-7248580092558712672016-03-06T17:20:27.083+00:002016-03-06T17:20:27.083+00:00Sean,
I think I have commented on this before and ...Sean,<br />I think I have commented on this before and will look at it again.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-81242910934457202612016-03-06T16:01:39.204+00:002016-03-06T16:01:39.204+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I've been wondering if Cosmenosis...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I've been wondering if Cosmenosism, minus the parts deliberately inserted by Aycharaych to foment subversion and jihad, might have been something you would have agreed with. Some of your blog pieces or comments, plus your interest in Zen Buddhism, makes me wonder if you would have!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-73436791059184968612016-03-06T00:02:11.861+00:002016-03-06T00:02:11.861+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And one point to remember about Aenea...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And one point to remember about Aeneans is how they tended to be a pious people, even if expressed in different ways. Aycharaych, the Chereionite master spy serving Merseia, noticed this and sought to use it as a means of undermining the Empire. Selecting Jaan as his victim, whom Aycharaych duped and brainwashed into believing he was a real prophet, using a doctored form of "Cosmenosis" he hoped would trigger a jihad which would split apart the Empire.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com