One of the four fundamental principles of concept formation in Integral Relational Logic. While clarity, consistency, and simplicity naturally lead to integrity, to Wholeness, integrity is included as one of the basic principles because integrity also means ‘honesty, sincerity’. If we are to create a coherent model of the Universe that truly corresponds to all our experiences, from the mystical to the mundane, there is no room for pretence. It is essential that we meticulously examine both the soundness of our concepts and the experiences on which they are based with the utmost attentiveness, which Buddhists call smriti ‘mindfulness’.
Middle English integrite ‘soundness, unimpaired or uncorrupted condition; innocence, blamelessness; chastity, purity’, from Old French integrité, from Latin integritatem (nominative integritās) ‘soundness, health; purity’, from integer ‘whole, complete, entire, intact; unspoilt, pure, fresh; renewed, begun afresh’, from PIE bases *ne- ‘not’ and *tag- ‘to touch’.