PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Frances Yates, Syllogism, Averroes
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It implies wholeness and oneness; simplicity that is perfect: opposite of unity is chaos, our experiences can only be described in terms of contradictory tendencies (ex. good and evil, strong and weak) Pythagorean cosmology: many similarities between ancient world views, concept of creation, unity universe is considered to have been a unity at one point, differentiation universe differentiates into pairs of opposites. Integration opposites are reunited (harmonized) to generate the various forms of life. Limit vs. unlimited: most important pair of opposites in describing our experiences; crucial to the process of creation. Integration of opposites produces the limited: everything we experience has a limit, even though they may seem limited, ex. Johannes kepler observed that although snow seems to be an unlimited substance, each s(cid:374)o(cid:449)flake a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) has (cid:862)si(cid:454) (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:396)s(cid:863) a precise (underlying) mathematical structure: proportion. Pythagoras, plato, and the problem of the irrational: pythagorean theorem (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t appl(cid:455) to t(cid:396)ia(cid:374)gles (cid:449)ith i(cid:396)(cid:396)atio(cid:374)al (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s (cid:894)e(cid:454).
