1. Concrete objects. Book, tree, human.
  2. The characteristics of objects. Educational, green, intelligent.
  3. Our judgements about those characteristics. Profound, calming, valuable.
  4. Our judgements about those judgements. More/less successful, more/less desirable, more/less wealthy.
  5. The latter two layers (judgements and judgements-about-judgements) don’t have any basis beyond our minds, and seem like their entire purpose is to help us drive ourselves nuts chasing after things. The first layer (objects), and to a lesser degree the second layer (characteristics), do seem to exist as features of reality, though even these layers still require a particular level of discrimination and judgement on the part of the observer. What’s underneath the first layer?