Lost - Transcendentalism, Sensualism and Perspective
Let me caveat this theory by stating it will not explain all of the mysteries of Lost just a very small part of it.
'Since almost eight years and my brain occupied by the observation I caught between the similarity between the human eye ball and the planet earth ball especially in the same tilt of both which equal 23 degree of arc of their central axes from the axe of their orbits'
http://www.philica.com/display_observation.php?observation_id=41
Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early to middle 19th century.
It began as a protest against the general state of culture and society at the time, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard and the doctrine of the Unitarian church which was taught at Harvard Divinity School. Among Transcendentalists' core beliefs was an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is only realized through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions.
I believe this is what the original hostiles had come to the island for, and carried on by Ben and the Dharma initiative. Jacob was the original Transcendentalist, and he is currently in the spirtual state.
Brook Farm
Brook Farm was a transcendentalist Utopian experiment, was put into practice by transcendentalist and former Unitarian minister George Ripley and his wife Sophia Ripley at a farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, at that time nine miles from Boston. The community, in operation from 1841 to 1847, was inspired by the socialist concepts of Charles Fourier. Fourierism was the belief that there could be a utopian society where people could share together to have a better lifestyle. It was based (as many later utopias would be) on the concept of self-reliance, which powers much of the utopian movement. The actual farm they lived on was influential to many writers like Thoreau who rejected civilization and its injustices and desired to be secluded.
Residents of Brook Farm started every morning being awoken at 4:30 a.m. to tend to their agricultural chores. The community did not believe in social class and, as part of their commitment to communal living, all residents ate together and worked together. They hoped to set an example for the rest of the world to follow
As Ben joined the old group of hostiles he adopted many of their traits into the remaining people on the island, including agricultural work, the shanty towns they pretended to live in and not wearing any labels on their clothes - therofre eradicating social class.
Transcendentalism was rooted in the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant (and of German Idealism more generally), which the New England intellectuals of the early 19th century embraced as an alternative to the Lockean "sensualism" of their fathers. There are very strong links between Buddhism and Transcendentalism.
Sensualism is a philosophic current in the theory of knowledge, according to which sensations and perception are basic and most important form of true cognition. It is opposing realism. Base principle of sensualism — "there is not anything in mind, which hasn't been in feelings.
The basic difference being Transcendentalists believe in nature while Sensualism followers believe in nurture.
I believe Locke and the other 815 survivors were all born on the Island to Transcendentalists who sent them back into the world as part of an experiment to prove Nature is stronger than Nurture. The fact he was named John Locke was a bit of fun-poking by the transcendentalists at the old philosophers beliefs.
All the children were sent out to the world to deliberate foster parents who would have the opportunity to shape their lives {Nurture}. The experiment set out to prove that Nature would always be stronger despite their environments and they would all return to the island somehow one day and continue the Utopian society developed by the original hostiles.
However as the characters returned as the original hostiles predicted, they had also developed an enhanced visual perspective from their environments and this would lead them to vividly seeing their past lives that they had lived on the outside world.
The Island itself has no 'magic' properties; these are illusions, the black smoke monster, polar bears, black horses etc are borne out of the enhanced visual perspective the characters had developed on the outside world. In particular Walt has developed a super-enhanced perspective from Michael, and has the ability to use his 'mind's eye' to summon whatever he is thinking about hard enough - however he is not yet fully in control of his powers.
Let me caveat this theory by stating it will not explain all of the mysteries of Lost just a very small part of it.
'Since almost eight years and my brain occupied by the observation I caught between the similarity between the human eye ball and the planet earth ball especially in the same tilt of both which equal 23 degree of arc of their central axes from the axe of their orbits'
http://www.philica.com/display_observation.php?observation_id=41
Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early to middle 19th century.
It began as a protest against the general state of culture and society at the time, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard and the doctrine of the Unitarian church which was taught at Harvard Divinity School. Among Transcendentalists' core beliefs was an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is only realized through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions.
I believe this is what the original hostiles had come to the island for, and carried on by Ben and the Dharma initiative. Jacob was the original Transcendentalist, and he is currently in the spirtual state.
Brook Farm
Brook Farm was a transcendentalist Utopian experiment, was put into practice by transcendentalist and former Unitarian minister George Ripley and his wife Sophia Ripley at a farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, at that time nine miles from Boston. The community, in operation from 1841 to 1847, was inspired by the socialist concepts of Charles Fourier. Fourierism was the belief that there could be a utopian society where people could share together to have a better lifestyle. It was based (as many later utopias would be) on the concept of self-reliance, which powers much of the utopian movement. The actual farm they lived on was influential to many writers like Thoreau who rejected civilization and its injustices and desired to be secluded.
Residents of Brook Farm started every morning being awoken at 4:30 a.m. to tend to their agricultural chores. The community did not believe in social class and, as part of their commitment to communal living, all residents ate together and worked together. They hoped to set an example for the rest of the world to follow
As Ben joined the old group of hostiles he adopted many of their traits into the remaining people on the island, including agricultural work, the shanty towns they pretended to live in and not wearing any labels on their clothes - therofre eradicating social class.
Transcendentalism was rooted in the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant (and of German Idealism more generally), which the New England intellectuals of the early 19th century embraced as an alternative to the Lockean "sensualism" of their fathers. There are very strong links between Buddhism and Transcendentalism.
Sensualism is a philosophic current in the theory of knowledge, according to which sensations and perception are basic and most important form of true cognition. It is opposing realism. Base principle of sensualism — "there is not anything in mind, which hasn't been in feelings.
The basic difference being Transcendentalists believe in nature while Sensualism followers believe in nurture.
I believe Locke and the other 815 survivors were all born on the Island to Transcendentalists who sent them back into the world as part of an experiment to prove Nature is stronger than Nurture. The fact he was named John Locke was a bit of fun-poking by the transcendentalists at the old philosophers beliefs.
All the children were sent out to the world to deliberate foster parents who would have the opportunity to shape their lives {Nurture}. The experiment set out to prove that Nature would always be stronger despite their environments and they would all return to the island somehow one day and continue the Utopian society developed by the original hostiles.
However as the characters returned as the original hostiles predicted, they had also developed an enhanced visual perspective from their environments and this would lead them to vividly seeing their past lives that they had lived on the outside world.
The Island itself has no 'magic' properties; these are illusions, the black smoke monster, polar bears, black horses etc are borne out of the enhanced visual perspective the characters had developed on the outside world. In particular Walt has developed a super-enhanced perspective from Michael, and has the ability to use his 'mind's eye' to summon whatever he is thinking about hard enough - however he is not yet fully in control of his powers.
Theory by Ronny
