#7 Does Man Have Freedom?
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#7 Does Man Have Freedom?
Classic term for question: Freedom Question
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: As Freedom
is integral to Potential, and Potential is the core
cosmic
cosmic
dynamic, Man has Freedom. And privacy.
SUMMA ICON: MAN’S FREEDOM IS INTEGRAL
TO POTENTIAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma:
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
Note: Summa I (God and Evil) is heavily focused on
this
this
issue.
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#6 If there is a divine, what is the divine’s
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#6 If there is a divine,
what is the divine’s
what is the divine’s
essence/origin?
Classic term for question: Theogony
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: Quest for
Potential is transcendent and overarching and
innite.
innite.
Potential was the catalyst for life and sustains
it.
it.
Consequently, by
denition, Quest for Potential qualies
denition, Quest for Potential qualies
as a “divine dynamic,” albeit not a deity.
Whether or not this dynamic is a “religious
divine”
divine”
manifested in the classic God of Israel or related,
is open
is open
to debate. Summa very carefully takes no position on
this
this
particular debate.
Note that the “religious version” would not be as
metaphysically lean (pure) as the non-religious position.
On the other hand, the “religious version” is
more
more
textured, and, of course, has the not insignicant
potential
potential
cosmic benet of greater “spiritual potential.”
From his perch as a
metaphysics writer, the author
metaphysics writer, the author
believes that either position is viable, as in any
event it is
event it is
anchored by Innite Potential.
SUMMA ICON: THE METAPHYSICAL
GOD OF POTENTIAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: There is no
transcending dynamic
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THE TRANSCENDENT DYNAMIC
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
We are all an integral
part of this transcending dynamic.
part of this transcending dynamic.
Thus, we are all simultaneously both mortal – and
divine.
divine.
Through a theistic lens –
see the name of God as explicated at the biblical
“Burning
“Burning
Bush” saga
Eheyeh asher Eheyeh
I WILL BE THAT WHICH I
WILL BE (Book of Exodus 3:14)
WILL BE (Book of Exodus 3:14)
i.e. I am the God of Potential
#5 Why is the universe so Finely Tuned?
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#5 Why is the universe so Finely Tuned?
Classic term for question: Goldilocks Enigma
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: At the splitting
of the “0”-Point,
the equations, integral to Quest for Potential,
quite-
quite-
precisely calibrate the universal constants
necessary to
necessary to
set-the-stage for eventual life.
SUMMA ICON: THE GOLDILOCKS POTENTIALIZERS
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: Some
scientists
scientists
offer variations on Multiverse theory. They assert that with
enough universes, anything is possible. I believe
that the
that the
reasoning is fatally awed. Aside from failing rudimentary
rules of probability, the
multiverse-makes-anything-
multiverse-makes-anything-
possible reasoning violates Occam’s Law of Parsimony.
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
With respect to the
Entrenched Dogma, the Goldilocks
Entrenched Dogma, the Goldilocks
Enigma vectors all non-Theistic metaphysics to at
least
least
consider the equations as “prime suspects” in the
cosmic
cosmic
drama.
#4 What Ignited the Big Bang?
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#4 What Ignited the Big Bang?
Classic term for question: Origins of the Big Bang
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: PUSH and
PULL dynamics ignited the Big Bang. Note that
Push/Pull
Push/Pull
would parallel the dynamics of childbirth.
PUSH: The equations of Physics-Math will split the
“0”-Point and ignite the Big Bang.
A few billion years later,
Einstein et al. will split the atom
Einstein et al. will split the atom
and unleash an atomic bomb explosion.
The equations will treat the “0”-Point as a Cosmic
Portal
Portal
to Reality; they will split the “0”-Point and
unleash its
unleash its
Potential (power) to ignite the Big Bang and with
it, our
it, our
universe.
PULL: The extraordinary potentials down-the-road [see
the very last two points at very end] – which
include the
include the
super-expansion of
consciousness – both in breadth and
consciousness – both in breadth and
depth – layer-on a crucial
‘pull-force’ and ‘guidance’
‘pull-force’ and ‘guidance’
towards retroactively
igniting and guiding creation (the
igniting and guiding creation (the
Big Bang aka The Genesis Point). I call this a
“Cosmic
“Cosmic
Leveraged Buyout” – “cosmic bootstrapping”. See
Summa II: section Beta: “The Cosmic Tool Kit.
SEE ELABORATION – “Pull” below.
SUMMA ICON: THE “0”-POINT PORTAL;
COSMIC LEVERAGED BUYOUT
COSMIC BOOTSTRAPPING
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: a variation on
“randomness”
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
The equation will split the “0”-Point into
Positives and Negatives
Female and Male
Good and Evil
Positive & Negative energy
Regular & Dark matter
amongst other dualities
Note: We have not explicated the “0”-Point, but we
are
are
not the rst to refer to same vis à vis cosmic
origins.
origins.
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#3 What are the prime goals of the Cosmic
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#3 What are the prime goals of the Cosmic
Womb of Potential?
Classic term for question:
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: A prime goal of
the Cosmic Womb of Potential is a reality-universe.
SUMMA ICON: METAPHYSICAL POTENTIAL
> REALITY-POTENTIAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: not dealt with
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
A reality-universe is not the end-goal
of the Cosmic
of the Cosmic
Womb of Potential.
Rather, the
reality-universe becomes “the platform” for
reality-universe becomes “the platform” for
a possibly innite plethora of potential.
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#2c What else is happening?
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#2c What else is happening?
(in parallel with #2a above)
Classic term for question:
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: The Cosmic
Womb of Potential, a higher-level engine of potential, is
ever-evolving and in-gear…
SUMMA ICON: THE COSMIC WOMB OF POTENTIAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: not applicable
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
We are dealing with an
ultimately innitely nested situation,
ultimately innitely nested situation,
i.e.
Cosmic Womb of Potential (Cosmic Womb of Potential
(Cosmic Womb of Potential….
Meaning, there are many
’faces’/facets to Potential:
’faces’/facets to Potential:
Quest for Potential
∞
, Innite Potential, Cosmic Womb
of Potential and related.
#2b How did the universe as we know it come into existence?
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#2b How did the universe as we know it
come into existence?
Classic term for question: (classic) Cosmology-
Cosmogony
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: The equations
of Physics-Math, integral to Quest for Potential,
seeking after their fuller potential, sought
realization and
realization and
embodiment. They continuously set-the-stage for
the
the
next layer of reality…leading in due course to
igniting the
igniting the
Big Bang.
SUMMA ICON: EQUATION-POTENTIAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: no answer
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
As we are dealing in metaphysical-realms, it is challenging
to get much more detailed than we are already.
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#2a How did things “get started”?
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#2a How did things “get started”?
Classic term for question: embryonic Cosmology-
Cosmogony
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response: Q4P ‘breathes-
re’ into the equations of Physics-Mathematics.
SUMMA ICON: EMBRYONIC POTENTIAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: no answer
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
The precise nature/origin
of primordial/abstract Physics-
of primordial/abstract Physics-
Mathematics is unclear.
[See also Seth Lloyd, Programming The Universe,
published by Alfred A. Knopf © 2006: “As soon as
the
the
universe began, it began computing. At rst, the
patterns
patterns
it produced were simple,
comprising elementary particles
comprising elementary particles
and establishing the fundamental laws of physics.”
(p. 3)]
(p. 3)]
The eternal equations of Physics-Math are in a
symbiotic
symbiotic
relationship with Innite Potential.
#1 Is there an eternal something?
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#1 Is there an eternal something?
Classic term for question: “Eternal Origins”
Quick-formulation of Summa’s response as regards this
question: Summa proposes that Potential/Possibility
is
is
eternal. Indeed, it is the only concept/dynamic that
we
we
can conceptualize with certainty as being eternal.
SUMMA ICON: POTENTIAL/POSSIBILITY IS ETERNAL
The position of the Entrenched Dogma: no position
or
or
answer
Components of the Summa hypothesis as regards this
question:
1a) By Denition
By denition, Potential/Possibility is eternal.
It is self-evident that Potential/Possibility is
eternal.
eternal.
1b) Innite nesting
• Quest for Potential ( Quest for Potential ( Quest
for
for
Potential ad innitum
• Note our shorthand notation:
Q4P
∞
= Quest for Potential ( Quest for Potential
( Quest for Potential
1c) Key components of (each) Q4P =
( Traction-Survival (
Deployment of Potential Array (
Deployment of Potential Array (
Extraordinariation
( Note that Extraordinariation is my term, and is
explicated
explicated
in preliminary form in the last two points of the
sequence
sequence
unfolding below… )
1d) The m.o. – modus operandi – of Q4P
Macro-Holistic Optimization (my term)
Q4P
∞
surveys the cosmic chessboard, and giving
extra-weight to proximity-factors, calibrates/
choreographs/iterates the “next move” for overall
cosmic optimization of Potential.
Section 1: Potentialism Theory
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Potentialism Theory
“Sequenced Summa”
[ a quasi-Loop ]
via 16 points
Summa’s handling of the
key inter-related issues in
key inter-related issues in
Philosophy / Metaphysics / Theology / Science
Note to reader: Over the course of its three volumes,
Summa Metaphysica handles almost all issues on
multiple-levels
multiple-levels
– ranging from a stripped-down thoroughly “secular level”
through a richer, more textured and nuanced “religious/
spiritual level.”
At the request of an array of “interested parties” –
ranging from young students through teachers to journalists
to scientists –
the sequence below presents the stripped-down
secular level –
secular level –
with a few references
(needed even in this stripped-down version)
(needed even in this stripped-down version)
to a Theistic perspective in 3 of the 16 component
parts here.
parts here.
The Cosmic Spinal Column of Potential
