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Originally Posted by jheii
Me: Is it beneficial to transcend the mind which makes qualitative distinctions between matter in spirit? Is it practical? Possible?
Nick: I'd never think to call you a Modernist, but if you're saying that...
Me: Is it beneficial for a brain to possess the faculty to create judgemental labels? How is this faculty related to the concept of "complex thought," if at all?
Nick: See, that's modernism.
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I don't know you, but none of those statements would lead me to conclude you were a modernist. Those are pretty common concepts for anyone post-enlightenment, and not so uncommon before that.