[ExI] Joy in the transcendence of the species

[Max More]

I know many of you are fascinated by the intricacies and 
peculiarities of language. Perhaps you might be motivated to help me 
figure this out:

I have long enjoyed the word "Schadenfreude", meaning pleasure 
derived from the misfortunes of others. [Note: I've enjoyed the 
*term* "schadenfreude", not the thing it refers to.] I got to 
thinking what word (if one could be coined) would mean "pleasure in 
the transcendence of the species" (i.e., transcendence of the human 
condition). It may be asking a lot of a word (even a German word) to 
do all this work, but I'd like to give it a try.

According to Wikipedia: The Buddhist concept of mudita, "sympathetic 
joy" or "happiness in another's good fortune," is cited as an example 
of the opposite of schadenfreude.

However, that doesn't do the job that I'm looking for. On a first 
stab, exclusively thinking about German, I came up with the rather 
unsatisfactory "erhabenheitschaude" which would mean (I think) joy in 
transcendence. That's part of what I'm looking for, but doesn't fit the bill.

Any thoughts?

(Please, *anything* to dilute the Searle/semantics/syntax discussion...)

Max


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Max More, Ph.D.
Strategic Philosopher
The Proactionary Project
Extropy Institute Founder
www.maxmore.com
max at maxmore.com
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