[extropy-chat] MISSING: Full Coverage of Max and ExI inWikipedia's Transhumanism

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Actually the verb used in Dante's original is "trasumanar" (without
n). It makes sense since the n in "trans" is usually dropped in
Italian, e.g. trascendere, trasferire, trasformare etc.
Of course Dante did not mean technology-enabled transcendence, but
something of a more spitirual nature. At the same time, the concept of
"passing beyond humanity" is there, and Dante could not have imagined
the possibility of using technology to pass beyond humanity.
So I think we can welcome Dante as one of the founding fathers of transhumanism.
G.


On 11/28/06, nvitamore at austin.rr.com <nvitamore at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> From: Giu1i0
>
> >Interested in the reference to Dante, that I was not aware of, I did a
> >quick research:
>
> It is in the Transhumanist FAQ at ExI's website and Transhumanist history
> at TAC.
>
> But is a worthwihile inquiry into relationships of words and how they are
> used over time in conveying an ideal of man:
>
> "Dante's Paradiso is a successful journey into the mind, even if at the
> outset the experience looms ineffably ahead. The "transhumanized" mind
> (Par. I, 70) passes beyond human logic and its limits of time and space,
> ultimately conceiving paradisal landscapes by the blending and
> interpenetration of sights and sounds."
>
> and as suggested by Rossi in "The Numinosum and the Brain:The Weaving
> Thread of Consciousness":
>
> "'the transfiguration of the subject' There is a change in the physical
> appearance, akin to Dante's 'transhumanized' into a god a kind of beauty."
>
> and also by Arthos in "Dante, Michelangelo and Milton", London, Routledge
> and Kegan Paul. [1963]
>
> "In the light of the Longinian view that through the sublime, achieved by
> the artist from his own noble nature, the reader can be 'transhumanized,'
> the author examines the works of the three artists in their relation to
> divine principles. In a pithy chapter on Dante (pp. 18-49), ..."
>
> ciao-
> Natasha
>
>
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