Speaking in Farsi, the president offered cordial remarks that emphasized
the universal values of science and the belief that knowledge produced by research should benefit all of humanity.
In contrast to the aesthetic order implicit in Kukai's view
of nature and contemporary
science and process thought, the «logical order»
of mainline Christianity characterized by Ames assumes: (1) preassigned patterns
of relatedness, a blueprint» wherein unity is prior to plurality, and plurality is a «fall» from unity; (2)
values concrete particularity only to the degree it mirrors this preassigned pattern
of relatedness; (3) reduces particulars to only those aspects needed to illustrate the given pattern, which necessarily entails moving away from concrete particulars toward the
universal; (4) interprets nature as a closed system
of predetermined specifications, and therefore reducible to quantitative description; (5) characterizes being as necessity, creativity as conformity, and novelty as defect; and (6) views «rightness» as the degree
of conformity to preassigned patterns (NAT 116).
Based in art and proven modern
science, the 25 Principles are a priceless collection
of universal values, methods, and techniques that will greatly improve the mind and body
of both horse and rider.