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Value Theory, Dual Desires, and Dual Purposes.   >

 

 

 

 

 

1. Citations from Exposition of the Divine Principle and Unification Thought.

 

 

 

 

A. Citation from Exposition of the Divine Principle.

 

 

As discussed above,
because every existing being has two aspects at its center—an aspect of Sungsang and an aspect of Hyungsang—
the purpose toward which that center is directed also has two dimensions:
a Sungsang-type purpose and a Hyungsang-type purpose,
and the relationship between these two purposes corresponds to the relationship between Sungsang and Hyungsang themselves.
Furthermore,
the Sungsang-type purpose is for the sake of the whole,
while the Hyungsang-type purpose is for the sake of the individual being itself.
Thus, the former and the latter stand in the relationship of
cause and result,
internal and external,
subject and object.
Therefore,
there can be no individual purpose apart from the purpose of the whole,
and likewise,
there can be no purpose of the whole that does not guarantee the purpose of the individual.
<Exposition of the Divine Principle, p. 45, lines 4 (upper) – 11 (lower)>

 

 

 

 

B. Citation from Unification Thought.

 

 

 

This means that
the Sungsang (mental mind) possesses a dual purpose consisting of a purpose for the whole and a purpose for the individual,
and the Hyungsang (physical mind) likewise possesses a dual purpose consisting of a purpose for the whole and a purpose for the individual.
(The following discussion spans 3 pages, pp. 296–299, including Figure 4‑1: “The Duality of Desire, Purpose, and Value.”)
<Unification Thought, p. 296 (lower line 3) – p. 299 (line 8) + Figure 4‑1>

2. Comparative Analysis of the Concepts and

Their Principle-Based Interpretation.

A. Summary of the Exposition of the Divine Principle Concept.

•  The Sungsang-type purpose is for the whole.
•  The Hyungsang-type purpose is for the individual itself.

 

 

 

B. Summary of the Unification Thought Concept.

• The Sungsang (mental mind) possesses both a purpose for the whole and a purpose for the individual.

• The Hyungsang (physical mind) also possesses both a purpose for the whole and a purpose for the individual.

 

 

 

C.   Comparison and Conceptual Divergence
As the summaries show:

•  In Exposition of the Divine Principle,
the purpose for the whole = Sungsang-type purpose,
the purpose for the individual = Hyungsang-type purpose.
This is a clean, mutually exclusive conceptual distinction.

•  In Unification Thought, however,
both the purpose for the whole and the purpose for the individual
are said to exist within Sungsang,
and also within Hyungsang.

Thus, 

the explanation in Unification Thought effectively asserts that:
•  Within the individual purpose, there is also a whole purpose, and
•  Within the whole purpose, there is also an individual purpose.

This stands in direct contradiction 

to the conceptual framework of Exposition of the Divine Principle,

where:
•  Individual purpose = Hyungsang-type purpose,
•  Whole purpose = Sungsang-type purpose,
and the two are not cross‑embedded.

 

 

 

D.  Nature of the Conceptual Error.

This is a representative and typical case of conceptual confusion, mixing, contradiction, and inconsistency:

 

 

 

•  The respected original author,
perhaps driven by an excess of enthusiasm within his own specialized domain,
appears—likely without conscious awareness—to have developed a subordinate conceptual scheme that conflicts with and contradicts the foundational conceptual definitions of Exposition of the Divine Principle,
which itself functions as a primary source.

 

3. Conclusion.

 

 

Summary of the Exposition of the Divine Principle Concept.

•  The Sungsang-type purpose is for the whole.
•  The Hyungsang-type purpose is for the individual itself.