From 6c8b56f0bea76718b9f11e8d593753a76ca708af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wellspringcp <69349872+wellspringcp@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 16:44:03 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Update 00-declaration-of-individual-sovereignty.md --- 00-declaration-of-individual-sovereignty.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/00-declaration-of-individual-sovereignty.md b/00-declaration-of-individual-sovereignty.md index fe1c54e..ac0ad30 100644 --- a/00-declaration-of-individual-sovereignty.md +++ b/00-declaration-of-individual-sovereignty.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ We concur with those founders and follow their example by issuing this statement - And whereas these two -- existence and consciousness -- are axioms humankind cannot escape: these two are the irreducible primaries implied in any action one undertakes, in any part of one's knowledge. - And whereas whatever one knows, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that the subject does know it; and moreover, whereas to be is to be something, of a definite nature and all existents are identities: -We who are present here, hold these axioms to be self-evident and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**. +We who are present here, hold this to be axiomatic and self-reaffirming: that **Existence is Identity and Consciousness is Identification**. We hold that humankind are rational creatures possessing rational consciousness which is their only tool of survival and that to hamper a rational creature's mind is to hamper its ability to live and flourish - thus a man's right to life is his right to the unhampered use of his rational faculty in the pursuit of his life and flourishing.