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This is the first of a series of 15 minute short talks given by Robert M Ellis as a stimulus for discussion on the Middle Way Network, this time on the theme of Practicality. It is followed by 15 minutes of discussion and then (unrecorded) group discussion. To find out more about the Middle Way Network go to middlewaysociety.org/events/middle-way-network/.
The Middle Way approach is defined by its practicality as a central value, but what does practicality mean? Robert M Ellis will suggest that our division between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ is leaky. Some ‘theory’ is actually very practical, and some is not. The goals we have in our practical efforts, and how far ahead they are is also crucial. It will be suggested that Middle Way practicality is a matter of intermediate goals: neither so far ahead that they are merely abstract, nor so close that they don’t take enough into account.
This is the first of a series of 15 minute short talks given by Robert M Ellis as a stimulus for discussion on the Middle Way Network, this time on the theme of Practicality. It is followed by 15 minutes of discussion and then (unrecorded) group discussion. To find out more about the Middle Way Network go to middlewaysociety.org/events/middle-way-network/.
The Middle Way approach is defined by its practicality as a central value, but what does practicality mean? Robert M Ellis will suggest that our division between ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ is leaky. Some ‘theory’ is actually very practical, and some is not. The goals we have in our practical efforts, and how far ahead they are is also crucial. It will be suggested that Middle Way practicality is a matter of intermediate goals: neither so far ahead that they are merely abstract, nor so close that they don’t take enough into account.
