Intellect – From the Latin intellēctus, meaning to understand.
– Science – From the Latin scientia, meaning ascertained facts and knowledge.
– Philosophy – From the Greek philosophía, meaning love of wisdom.
– Religion – From the Latin religiō, meaning a binding and conscientiousness.
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The questioning mind is always asking: What is it? How is it relevant? And, is it somehow useful? The facts, meanings, and values that continually inform us are of a complementary nature. And, at least since The Enlightenment, the intellectual disciplines have been largely trifurcated along certain definite lines.
Accordingly, the three intellectual domains or sub-disciplines are science, philosophy, and religion where science is to facts, what philosophy is to meanings, and what religion is to values. This triad serves to inform a balanced intellect.
The complementary nature of the intellectual disciplines are super-additive. The scientific method is a value proposition that serves to refine the process of fact gathering. Any philosophic approach to gleaning meanings is greatly enhanced when there is a solid factual basis that can serve as a foundation for greater understanding. And, valuations are always more dependable when the undergirding facts and meanings are themselves based upon larger realities.
The balanced intellect is always reality centered. It embraces total reality. It cultivates a greater appreciation for, and a refreshed understanding of, the first source and center of all spiritual, physical, and mind phenomena.
— 210 Scientific (The Finding of Facts)
——211 Physical Sciences
——212 Life Sciences
——213 Information Sciences
— 220 Philosophic (The Gleaning of Meanings)
——221 Venerable Philosophies
——222 Contemporary Philosophies
——223 Ascendant Philosophies
— 230 Religious (The Embrace of Values)
——231 Elemental Religions
——232 Fundamental Religions
——233 Experiential Religions
During that period of human history that we term The Enlightenment, the Intellectual Disciplines became trifurcated. Today it is widely held that science is to facts, what philosophy is to meanings, and what religion is to values.