Continued Studies - 03/11/2005

PROXIMITY

GESTATION

03-11-2005

Continued Notes

From The

Independent Studies

Of

David A. Archer

02/15/1968

Observations

Pertaining To

Social Consistencies

Within The Idea

Of

Proximity Gestation

(r.f.p.p.s.h.)

03-11-2005

I am now reading Tracy’s review and commentary of Montesquieu’s “Spirit Of Laws.” Another wonderful read I might say!

In his commentary of Book III, Tracy makes a statement about democracy that I find myself at odds with. Though I can understand what his intended meaning was/is, I see it differently; “It is by no means surprising, that it should have remained undiscovered until about three hundred years after the discovery of that art which has changed the face of the universe; It was necessary that other great effects should have been produced, before such a conception could be matured.”

This statement tells me firstly that my perspective of the patterns of emulation seems to be a rather unique and fairly accurate perspective. I can’t imagine how it is that such wasn’t seen as likened to saying that humans should not have existed until they were born mature from the womb.

Democracy and truly representative government is (as is stated frequently) something that needs to be tended – lest it become any of the other forms of government in their worst capacities under a guise of democracy full of fear, and simply by default. Democracy in this advanced form (as we know it) is still very young ( and perhaps even premature to what we are capable of employing given the tendencies to fall into those other, failed forms) – especially when compared to other forms of “governing.”

It seems it would be in our best interest to see that it continues on a path to maturity that is rich and full of things to insure its development in the best way that it can. As I have witnessed, but have yet to experience – we must grow and learn with it – as parents with their first child. The best any of us can do is give the next generation of our representation here-in, a bit of insight – but it seems that even as our democracy grows, they will be in the same position of parents of their first child – in a repetitious cycle to some degree.

In that sense, it could be seen as potentially perpetually new. Regardless of how much “progress” or loss of “progress,” the previous generation achieved.

All that is/was achieved is seen as standard and common in the new generation. Still wet from the womb so to speak.