Three very central but also very abstract terms.
When I was young, I mostly thought about freedom. It was very important for me. And since I am a little brain Messie, I collected definitions of freedom. I also wrote an article with eight definitions of freedom.
Be not afraid, it does not contain such a thing as “the freedom of car drivers”. However, a beautiful description of freedom is still missing. I want to add it now. It is by the German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling (Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, ab 1812 Ritter von Schelling, * 27. Januar 1775 in Leonberg, Herzogtum Württemberg; † 20. August 1854 in Ragaz, Kanton St. Gallen).
Lucky is he,
who can be what he is,
who measures his way
and
his destination
with his own eye.
When I grew older, I was fascinated by the term LOVE. I also wrote many things about it, for instance A day of love.
Only the experiences of the last two years brought me to the realization that POWER is the central term in our social life. It influences our social life fundamentally. So now I look for definitions. Here is what I find:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/power
As I see it, that is not good enough if you think about our lives in social systems.
I find more in Gerhard Wohland
Power is the social consensus that makes activity possible regardless of disagreement. Neither organizations nor enterprises are possible without hierarchically structured power. Romanticized ideas of new work find this connection embarrassing. But secret power is also power – it is only less useful.
Wow, that really is something I need to think about. With the exception of the usefulness in the last sentence, I actually agree.
Then I ask friends who provide me with the following two definitions:
Power is if you can lie without being punished for it.
and
Power is if you have the right to define things.
Well, as you can see, it is quite rewarding to think and read about POWER. That is what I will do. And as soon as I know more, I will again write about it.
RMD
(Translated by EG)
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