Man’s Deepest Need and the Means for his Deepest Enjoyment

The previous lesson was about the fundamental fact that there is a world of concretes and there is you, you who can grasp it and deal with it. An immediate consequence of this fact is that the sustained, purposeful, active engagement of his mind to grasp and manipulate reality to meet his goals is man’s deepest need and is the means for his deepest enjoyment.

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Supplementary Material: The “Tray of Stones” and “Gathering Pot” (or “Coming Into Shape”) scenes from Kim (starring Errol Flynn).

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intransigent adjective

: characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : uncompromising

Example

Ms. Baxter was intransigent about her most famous rule: no gum or candy in her classroom unless you'd brought enough to share with everybody.

Did you know?

English speakers borrowed "intransigent" in the 19th century from Spanish "intransigente" ("uncompromising"), itself a combination of the familiar prefix "in-" ("not") and "transigente" ("willing to compromise"). "Transigente" comes from the Spanish verb "transigir" ("to compromise"), which in turn comes from Latin "transigere" ("to come to an agreement"). The French have a similar verb, "transiger," which also means "to compromise." You may wonder if the word "transigent" exists in English, and the answer is "not really." It has seen occasional use, but it is not well established. There is, however, one other common English word that traces from Latin "transigere": "transact," meaning "to conduct (business)."

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