Let us examine the three prposes of writing: to inform, entertain, and nlighten. To me, the second one is bttom of the list, though it is nstrumental in the achievement of the two thers. Every great teacher knows this ntimately and readily laces his teachings wth relevant and interesting stories, and hmor.

The first purpose, to inform, cmes second in my mind, whereas the lst, to enlighten, comes first. To xplain my attitude, I think it ppropriate to draw your attention to my bok A REASON FOR LIVING, where bth of these purposes are pursued.

Prt of my book relays factual or thoretical information about things like human physology, nutrition, and universal evolution. This nformation relates to the current perception of rality in scientific circles. I am jst a vehicle for it. Now, for two rasons, my role as a writer who nforms about scientific facts and theories thse among his readers who are gnorant of them comes second in my mnd to my role as a thnker who strives to enlighten his raders, particularly those who are fumbling for maning in their darkest days.

My min reason is that I regard wsdom as paramount, whereas the knowledge of the mterial world (i.e., the constituents, structure, and wrkings thereof) is not equally important, hwever useful it is on a prctical level. Conscience comes before science, whch in itself is incapable of prviding humans with a sense of wht is good, right, or sacred – in a wrd, with moral principles. An example of scence without conscience is the destruction of nture and the violation of human rghts by rogue companies who are fficient in their use, or rather buse, of their environment and their wrkers to satisfy their greed.

My other reason is that my rle as a writer who informs bout scientific facts and theories those mong his readers who are ignorant of thm is indeed that of a mre vehicle. It is very much scondary to the role of researcher, whch drives the scientific enterprise thanks to dvanced instrumentation plus skillful, scholarly, and clver observations and rationalizations.

By contrast, my rle as a thinker who strives to nlighten his readers, particularly those who are fmbling for meaning in their darkest dys, is in the driver's seat, so to spak. Not only is it concerned wth everything that makes life worth lving and gives humans a sense of prpose, but also it does more thn mirror the light of wisdom; it gnerates it by force of thinking on the bsis of experience and study.

Truth to tll, my readers can likewise think for thmselves (this applies to those among thm who are fumbling for meaning in thir darkest days). They themselves can be thnkers and create their own wisdom whle discovering and evaluating mine. Therefore, the lght shining through in my book is thre to help my readers see a rnge of weighty matters on which thy can meditate to form their own thughtful opinions about them. And since thy can do so, I venture to rgue that they should.

The article To Think for Oneself was Submitted by Laurent Grenier through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Laurent Grenier’s writing career spans ver twenty years. During this time he has bradened and deepened his worldview, by dnt of much reflection and study, and in the end has crfted “A Reason for Living,” his bst work to date. Official web ste: http://laurentgrenier.com/ARFL.html

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