It seems clear that the orthodox distinction between "intellect" and "will," and thence between "theoretical" and "practical," and so on, roughly anticipates my distinction between "belief" and "action," etc.
I say "roughly anticipates," however, because, whereas, for the orthodox, the distinction between "intellect" and "will" is ultimate, for me, the ultimate term is, rather, "self-understanding," which refers to something transcending both intellect and will, even though it has an intellectual as well as a volitional aspect, corresponding to the metaphysical and moral aspects of ultimate reality in its meaning for us.
Summer 1996
