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Areté. www.lorenzkraus.com www.taxfreesociety.com Lorenz Kraus 2012. Consider a Flower. Rise and Fall of Areté. Rise and Fall of Areté. Bud Bud Opens Flower presents itself Flower at maximum glory Flower weakens Flower wilts Flower falls apart. Areté is Natural and Real. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Areté
www.lorenzkraus.com
www.taxfreesociety.comLorenz Kraus 2012
Consider a Flower
Rise and Fall of Areté
Rise and Fall of Areté
1. Bud 2. Bud Opens3. Flower presents itself4. Flower at maximum glory5. Flower weakens6. Flower wilts7. Flower falls apart
Peak
WiltBud
Areté is Natural and Real
Consider Fire
1. spark2. spread3. engulfed4. peak heat and flame5. dying down6. coals smolder7. ash
Consider Fire
Inferno
AshSpark
Areté is the peak of a process
Areté Peak
ExhaustionBaseline Rest
Areté is all around us
Areté notes something real.
It is an objective concept.
Areté 1. the prime expression of
an entity;2. the peak moment of a
process or experience
Ecce Panis “Behold the Bread!”
Ecce Homo “Behold the Man!”
Not every moment is equal; not every example is a prime example.
Buddhists are Mindful
….the Ancient Greeks were mindful of areté.
Signifies
QUALITY
PrimeBest
EpitomeExcellence
Crescendo
Climax
AretéThe most important concept in history.
Pursuit of Areté is
Western Culture
Western Institutions
Defined by
Prime-Selection
Western Institutions:
Individualism—Pick the Best People
1. Romance—Pick your best available mate 2. Democracy—Pick the best leader3. Olympics—Picks the best athletes4. Meritocracy—Pick the best people for the job5. Freedom of association—right to work—hire and
fire—pick your best friend 6. Banking—4c’s of credit—prime versus sub-prime—
pick best credit candidates
Western Institutions: “Pick the Best!”
Areté—Pick the Best Things
1. Free Market—Pick the best products at the best price2. Free speech—Pick the best ideas3. Science & Medicine—Pick the best explanation and the best cure
4. Law—Rules of evidence pick the facts; facts are best5. Calculus—reveals the optimum rate6. Stock Market—pick the best companies
Man
SlaveBarbarian
Areté was God of the Greek Consciousness.
…and maybe yours!
Areté is Everywhere! NYSE listings ISO 9000/UL Valentine’s Day Consumer
Reports Barbie Dolls Miss Universe Mr. Universe NASCAR NBA Draft
AMA Board Certification
Microsoft Certified
NCAAs Bonus Pay Hedge fund
rankings Portfolio MGMT American Idol
Speed Dating Nobel Prize Super Bowl Spelling bees GPAs SAT, GMAT Oscars Wine Tastings Bar Exams Currency trading
Areté is Everywhere! NYSE listings ISO 9000/UL Valentine’s Day Consumer
Reports Barbie Dolls Miss Universe Mr. Universe NASCAR NBA Draft
AMA Board Certification
Microsoft Certified
NCAAs Bonus Pay Hedge fund
rankings Portfolio MGMT American Idol
Speed Dating Nobel Prize Super Bowl Spelling bees GPAs SAT, GMAT Oscars Wine Tastings Bar Exams Currency trading
25 Ways
we celebrate
areté!
Areté in Music and Novels
Western music builds up to a crescendoWestern novels build up to a climax
Classical music is “rock and roll”
Non-western music is flat-lined…drones on. Listen for it.
Areté in Music and Novels
Western music builds up to a crescendoWestern novels build up to a climax
Classical music was the original “rock and roll”
Non-western music is flat-lined…goes on and on. Listen for it.
Meditation
versus
Excitation
What if we didn’t have an eye for areté?
Or a dedication to Quality?
How barren would the world be?
The Eruption Reveals the Volcano
Areté Reveals the Essence of Man
Man
Areté reveals Essence
Could you know what a flower bud is for, if you never saw its peak moment?
Areté shows you the point of living things, their functions, and their true potential.
Would you know LIFE by birth and death, alone?
Or a flower is by its bud and wilt, alone? Or man by his diapers?
The alpha and the omega do not reveal the essence. Areté reveals the essence.
You cannot know without knowing areté.
Areté reveals what a thing really is.
Areté reveals true reality, when distraction, distortion, and disability is washed away.
Areté is both momentary and timeless.
1. Prime Moment2. Prime Example
Olympics:Momentary excellence for eternal fame
"All my life I have loved sport. You have to love sport to compete at it. There is a truth to sport, a purity, a drama, an intensity, a spirit that makes it irresistible to take part in and irresistible to watch. In every Olympic sport there is all that matters in life. Humans stretched to the limit of their abilities, inspired by what they can achieve, driven by their talent to work harder than they can believe possible, living for the moment but making an indelible mark upon history.
Sebastian Coe London 2012
Art Captures Areté
Man gravitates to the prime moment because it stands out.
We want areté in pictures and stories. We enjoy areté. Areté is exciting.
Art captures and celebrates areté so we can experience areté even when areté is gone.
Art makes areté eternal.
Areté is Secular Divinity
Areté is real, objectively-evident to others, and transcendent across time.
Areté is the Western man’s god
To value areté is a choice.
Areté
Picture of
• Health • Proportion• Purity of soul• Harmonious• Happy• Inviting• Object of worship• Best of self • Someone to live up to • What life is all about
Anti-areté Revolting Fool Monster by choiceDisgusting garbage Self-hater Beast / Animalistic Water buffalo Slave to fads Devoid of sense & values Destructive Heap of Infamy Insult to mankind
People are not equal.
Man’s Areté WILL TO LIVE puts Free Will
in service to your life
Man thrives in a culture of areté
Fusing Essence to Excellence
Civilization is a permanent expression of values conducive
to human development
Western Civilization stands on areté
Will to Live
Civilization
Areté Liberty
Values Diamond
Will to Live
LIBERTY
CIVILIZATION
Areté
War on Areté
Modernism is a jihad against areté
Areté versus Modernist Monstrosities
1. Music versus rap; art versus modern art smears 2. Olympics versus Special Olympics3. For-Profit versus not-for-profit 4. Christmas versus Kwanza5. History versus Black History6. Femininity versus Feminism7. Marriage versus anal marriage8. Gold versus FED mafia-money9. Grammar versus ebonics; phonics v. look-say10. Industrial civilization versus Earth Day
Areté versus Modernist Monstrosities
1. Music versus rap; art versus modern art smears 2. Olympics versus Special Olympics3. For-Profit versus not-for-profit 4. Christmas versus Kwanza5. History versus Black History6. Femininity versus Feminism7. Marriage versus anal marriage8. Gold versus FED-mafia money9. Grammar versus ebonics; phonics v. look-say10. Industrial civilization versus Earth Day
Authentic versus Fake Values
Areté versus Modernist Monstrosities
1. Music versus rap; art versus modern art smears 2. Olympics versus Special Olympics3. For-Profit versus not-for-profit 4. Christmas versus Kwanza5. History versus Black History6. Femininity versus Feminism7. Marriage versus anal marriage8. Gold versus FED-mafia money9. Grammar versus ebonics; phonics v. look-say10. Industrial civilization versus Earth Day
Capitalism versus Socialism
Prime Versus Sub-Prime
Capitalism is the right to buy and sell solutions (Areté) to life’s problems so you can live long and prosper.
Socialism outlaws solutions. You suffer in misery until you die.
Socialism outlaws money, trade, property rights, subversive technology, ideas, movement, associations to make sure you suffer deeply—in famine and deprivation.
ALGORESUCKS!
Areté
Liberty
CommunismTheocracy
Liberty seeks secular areté; communism is a reactionary state religion of aggressive envy upon success produced in liberty.
Where is Areté?
You can’t redistribute areté without destroying it.
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Where is Areté?
If is areté is God, communism is godless.If areté is God, theocracy is godless.
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Socialism is sin against Areté
America is the ONLY industrialized nation
meant to be A FREE COUNTRY
The will to live seeks
Areté
Teach aretéTalk areté
Demand areté
Exert Your Will to Live!
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