PHI 1104 Lecture 3: Philosophy 1104E Lecture 3
18 Mar 2015
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Fire- transformation from solid to gas- danger- unknown of how to approach it. Fire- illumination- sheds light for those with eyes to see it- changes/ dancing flame yet remains the same (a fire) Knowledge- shedding light to those who can see it. Is the ability to see the fire and distinguish between the two extremes of chaos and order. Even though we can explain generation with science, there is a miraculousness of being that is not explained- an essence. We are a series of possibilities and impossibilities. Is state of being that exists as an undivided form- it is and always has been- does not know time- no beginning and no end- infinite. It - just it- is implies that the universe is not one. It is leaves no room for nothingness- linguistic struggle. Apriori- prior to the senses knowledge developed solely with reason. Idealism- greater truth than those from senses- senses trick us.
