My first criticism is of the first proposition regarding the measure of greatness. There exists an unresolvable dichotomy between tribal and universal morality (a dichotomy patterned after, but somewhat distinct from, Nietzsche's master and slave morality); tribal morality includes courage, honor, loyalty, vengeance, jealousy, purity, holiness; universal morality includes humility, lowliness, equality, mercy, compassion, charity, sacrifice; the great frustration of modern society is the difficulty maintaining a balance between the two set of ideals while simultaneously maintaining a balance between the two ways of living. "Greatness" defined as excellence in all categories of virtue is absurd, because virtues are contradictory and must be balanced.
My second criticism is of the fifth proposition regarding a confusion between nature and existence. A mind can conceive various orders or categories of existence, but it can do nothing to prove the existence of any being within that order or category. If we have an experience which overwhelms the physical order, a sensation which our physical body cannot contain which causes it to weep or shake, then we can imagine another plane of existence beyond our senses, but we cannot prove a personal existence upon that plane. That is, we can always reason what a God may look like were He to exist, but we can not but take a leap of faith regarding His actual existence.
Peace.
Adam
