Two-fold knowledge

Description:

Any pair of terms between which both connection and disjunction are experienced. Few pairs stand in more than weak opposition to one another or with more than insignificant connection. Through polarity, everything is experienced as being in a state of strain which polarity itself can do nothing to relieve. It gives rise to force which may be transformed into direction. It can neither show how oppositions arise nor how they may be resolved. Its closure is not that of completeness. The power to recognize differences of quality demands the separation of consciousness characteristic of polarity. Polarity is experienced as too uncomfortable to be endured, as such it is a source of disturbance compelling deeper penetration into what is experienced.

Context:

The second in a sequence of twelve modes of knowledge, identified by J G Bennett, inspired by G Gurdjieff.<

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Systematics

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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