I want to quote a quote "Never has civilization been more in need of humane and vital intelligence than here at the door of Armageddon",Michael Luttrel
Quoted by John Rasor, "Education as healing;Cabbages and kings." 1997
lets critically Analyse this statement. "never has civilisation" civilisation being the advanced state of human cultural development. "been more in need of vital intelligence"need-requiring or being in a state which neccesitates without yield, "humane',-"characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed",- dictionary.com. and 'vital" -"pertaining to high levels of human energy, liveliness, or force of personality"- or -necessary to life- "Intelligence" -Capacity for learning, understanding and reasoning- "than here at the door of Armageddon, "Armageddon being a great and final war, the battlefied where it takes place, and great war.Not a building with an entrance as the writer suggests.
To reitterate.
"Never has civilization been more in need of humane and vital intelligence than here at the door of Armageddon",
so, Not once ever previously has the entire civilized history of the world experienced a greater absolute necessity for the understanding,comprehension and knowledge based on a compassionate,concerned and coscientious state of mind and absolutely critical to survival than here? at the phsical entry point to a building or area of the final battle of earth.
And all this was because he was dropping out of university after 4 years, my question is, how did he stay there that long.
A little overdramatic maybe? or perhaps this huge change he is about to embark on is the culmination of this turmoil and anguish he has endured for so long.
The Armageddon which he speaks of is not a traditional use of the word, but a metaphor for the battle within his soul.
"Never before has civilisation been more in need of Humane and vital intelligence. -Civilisation being defined as "any type of culture, society, etc., of a specific place, time, or group"
His culture, the very essence of his world view being systematically and calously destroyed, this is a dire circumstance to civilization as it relates directly to him and his perception of the great truths.
The fundamental truths we know are familiarity, security, Surroundings,Predictability,Logic and
michaels concept of his civilization is an emotional battleground where only intelligence which is concerned,caring and contientious toward his plight and is "vital", ie, life giving will save him from the innevitability of falling by the wayside and his identity being erased for ever.His change of lifestyle and identity, innevitably reinvent him with a new paradigm and a new world view.he is no longer defined by the same set of values as when he was a student.
i'll come back to this one