Reference: Subject: Logic
In Black is the original Dianetic data.
In color are comments as seen through Postulate Mechanics.
L. Ron Hubbard analyzed life in its relationship to matter, energy, space and time and as a result evolved the Pre-logics. These were published in late 1951 as a result of many years of research into the nature of life and the spirituality of man.
Knowledge is a pyramid, and knowledge as a pyramid has a common denominator which evaluates all other data below it. At the top point of this pyramid, we have what could be called a Q, and it could also be called a common denominator. It is in common to every other datum in this pyramid full of data.
The Qs are the highest echelon from which all other things are derived.
Q came from quod in Q.E.D. (quod erat demonstrandum, meaning “which was to be shown or demonstrated,” used especially in mathematical proofs).
Actually, Q can be defined this way: It is the level from which we are now viewing, which is a common denominator to all experience which we can now view. This is the level which acts as a common denominator to all this experience, and is the highest level from which we are operating. This data, then, would stand behind everything else that we do.
Q simply means the most common datum that sums all other data.
The Q is supposed to provide the ideal scene for Logic, which has been missing in the subject of logic since Aristotle formulated it. This ideal scene has been defined in Postulate Mechanics as the ONENESS (harmony, consistency, continuity) of reality.
Hubbard presents the ideal scene for Logic as SELF-DETERMINISM, where”self” is the individual essence of a person. The “self” is an arbitrary postulate. Hubbard, thus, introduces an arbitrary in the very ideal scene of Logic.
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Pre-Logics, or Qs, 1 – 7
DN = Dianetics
PM = Postulate Mechanics
DN Q1: Self-determinism is the common denominator of all life impulses.
DN Q2: Definition of self-determinism: the ability to locate in space and time, energy and matter, also the ability to create space and time in which to create and locate energy and matter.
DN Q3: The identification of the source of that which places matter and energy and originates space and time is not necessary to the resolution of this problem at this time.
DN Q4: Theta creates space, energy and objects by postulates.
DN Q5: Universes are created by the application of self-determinism on eight dynamics.
DN Q6: Self-determinism, applied, will create, alter, conserve and possibly destroy universes.
DN Q7: The action cycle is one of the abilities of a thetan. An action cycle goes from 40.0 to 0.0 on the Tone Scale. An action cycle is the creation, growth, conservation, decay and death or destruction of energy and matter in a space. Action cycles produce time.
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PM Q1: Oneness of reality is the common denominator of all life impulses.
PM Q2: Definition of oneness: Oneness is not a monotone canvas; but it is a beautiful painting full of colors and forms that are harmonious, consistent and continuous.
PM Q3: All life impulses are driven by the fundamental impulse to know the reality.
PM Q4: Knowledge of reality is created through postulates.
PM Q5: The universe is the sum total of all postulates.
PM Q6: Postulates not only update what exists but can completely replace old forms and abilities by new ones.
PM Q7: An action cycle produces fixed structure that leads to evolution.
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