Pride: the necessity necessary for
ingenuity, creating and developing. |
If "necessity is the mother of invention"; then may "vanity be the father of extravagance", thereby creating the "offspring" to: generate change, and perfect the concept of the self-actualizing (ego), and the concrete environment, surrounding the self? Conceptional "eggs"travagance... The "father" may fertilize the "mother"- to conceive the "offspring" (being the product of progression/evolution), which is united/developed by the principles/properties of: "reality"-- (necessity/concrete practicality); "fantasy"-- (extravagance; exceeding practical limits; and... "creativity"-- (imagination; fueled by utilizing the concrete "what is/reality", and originating/concieving "what could be"; through the necessity of invention, and the vanity/pride that is a quality/act of "egoism", and self-expression. "Egoism", which is: (1.) ~"the doctrine that the goal of human conduct is the perfection of the ego or self".~ This goal may be the focus; for the (proud- "father", and practical- "mother") self, to achieve/gain control of the environment, which is established with the fulfillment through (inspired) individual "creativity"/expression; free/unrestrained "fantasy", a need for (being pragmatic/useful) "reality"- and a desire for belonging. (Belonging: established with the "pedestal of the ego"- dignity and identification). The "egocentric" need/want, and the "altruistic/unselfish" devotion to the welfare of others, are the key "principles/properties" which may be involved with: the directions to the path of exploration, discovery, ingenuity, and the development of perfecting and protecting the environment, (along with ourselves). Through the need/necessity of the "mother of invention", (the simple need to produce and improve a tool/concept, in order to create a more effective, useful result; with practicality in mind- to fulfill a need/necessity); along with the desire to being challenged, to exceed the practical limitations (of our environment)- by the "father of extravagance", (fueled by pride/vanity; also driven by the desires: pleasure, acceptence, identification, and connection); along with the drive to protect (our legacy)- we produce an original "child" in this "reality"; ("child" being- anything we create/develop): which is essential for change, and exceeding the limits of knowledge/"what we know", to the fantastic/boundless possibilities of "what could be"- (progress/evolution)! Reference (#1. page 226; col. 1, line 72): The New International Webster's Student Dictionary of the English Language (International Encyclopedic 1999 Edition); (ISBN 1-888777-08-7); Editor in Chief: Sidney I. Landau --------------------------------------------------------------------Shop online @ http://www.cbtopsites.com/r/marlene2 |