This is http://www.essayz.com/a9411163.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %TRANSCEND MYTHICAL EMBODIED TRUTHS ALLEGORY STORY+941116 %HEAVEN HELL DAMNATION SALVATION DEVIL GOD ANGELS 941116 Sophisticated scientists, technocrats and their admirers often believe that they have acquired the power to transcend the truths which are embodied in reflexive myths, stories, allegories, epic literature, and religions which came into being long before the scientific- industrial revolution. Such sophisticated people often fall into the trap of believing that technical sophistication, objectivity, and their own powers of manipulation---empower them to meaningfully transcend and ignore reflexive truths. They regard reflexive truths as being biased. They ignore such truths and become ignorant of them. They limit their attention to narrow areas of scientific, technocratic, objectified, de-personalized research and technology. They sell their souls, spirits, integrity, and beings for scientific and technological fixes and fixations. (See the previous essay.) (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================