Word: tenet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Once one understands the nature of the Jamesian trinity and its analogues in Freudianism, Platonism, Christianity, physiology, art, and other realms, its great significance becomes clear. Consider existentialism. In one essay Sartre states the chief tenet of his philosophy as "existence precedes essence." Though this is a crude rendition, it has come to be the popular slogan for the movement. James would surely agree with Sartre's slogan, but a glance at the triadic table indicates that he goes beyond existentialism. Existence precedes essence, indeed, yet being (pure experience) precedes existence...
Progressive Revelation. The basic tenet of Bahai is progressive revelation: just as God once spoke to the world through Jesus and Mohammed, so he revealed himself to modern man through Bab and Baha'u'llah, whose teachings surpass those of older prophets. Bahai believers, who have no ministry, read impartially from the Koran, the Bible and the Bhagavad-Gita at their simple worship services. "Bahai expounds the truth," explains Mrs. Rabbani, "and no religion has a monopoly on the truth...
...understand this succession of events one must understand the doctrine of socialist realism, which remains the chief tenet of the Soviet faith in all areas of artistic endeavor. Socialist realism is not merely a prohibition or restriction of certain forms of expression. Under the doctrine artists are expected to make a positive contribution to the education of the toiling masses in the "spirit of socialism." Practically, they are also expected to serve the political needs of the State, whatever those might...
...article makes an extremely important point: that economic institutions must be re-examined and judged on how they actually do serve the ends of a society. The Millian tenet of re-examination could well be extented to areas other than economic...
...Exit. A competent cinemadaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's celebrated attempt to demonstrate the existentialist tenet that hell is other people...