A Philosophical Political Party

Forming a Political Party: On Truth, Reality and Wisdom
as the Guiding Principles of an Enlightened Society.

There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. The innovator has the enmity of all who profit by the preservation of the old system and only lukewarm defenders by those who would gain by the new system.
(Machiavelli, 1513)

Hi Everyone,

It was very interesting to read all your comments on my facebook page. Thanks.

There is a lot of good / important knowledge there. I have picked some of it out and added to the pages listed on the right.
Please use the facebook connect on the relevant page to add further comments (rather than using my personal facebook page).

My aim is to create a set of simple principles that are true (in harmony with physical reality) that will provide wisdom for how humans should think and act here on earth. These are to be used as the foundation for the creation of a global political party using the internet.

This is a slowly evolving project. Our focus is quality, simplicity, truth. This requires careful thought, the reading of many good minds from history.

I do see both a great need and passion for a sensible logical political party - created by smart aware people who care about humanity and life on earth.

Two Fundamental (Philosophical / Metaphysical) Principles

1. We must know the truth to think and act wisely.

2. Physical reality is a dynamic unity. The world we see of solid separate objects is 'naive real', an illusion of our limited senses and how they are represented by our minds. We humans, and all the matter around us, are connected structures of the universe.
This physical reality is the source of truth and wisdom.

I respect Albert Einstein - I think kindness, beauty and truth are excellent principles to try and live by.

"Only the individual can think, and thereby create new values for society, nay, even set up new moral standards to which the life of the community conforms. ... The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth." (Albert Einstein, 1954)

Motives

I think our global society is heading for a collapse - that we are creating hell on earth due to errors in the knowledge foundations of our society (myths and customs). And I dearly love my children (and Nature).
I agree with Hobbes, the natural state of humanity is demonstrated to us in Nature, where life is 'short, brutish and mean'. We require wise rules to rise above this and create an enlightened enduring society.

Democracy will not achieve this on its own - its central problem is that truth / wisdom is not democratic. Democracy requires wise leaders.

I hope to encourage wise, kind people to join us and help.

Cheers,
Geoff Haselhurst

https://www.spaceandmotion.com/political-party/introduction.htm
Political Party: Introduction: On Truth, Reality and Wisdom as the Guiding Principles of an Enlightened Society