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Originally posted by wuforde
reply to post by buddhatrance
What a about Santa???
Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms.
The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this.
In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk. The puppeteers, who are behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are unable to see these puppets, the real objects, that pass behind them. What the prisoners see and hear are shadows and echoes cast by objects that they do not see.
Originally posted by TheSilentwalker
reply to post by buddhatrance
Absolutely true..! HOWEVER, in order to save the headache, why not go from A to B in a straight line?
Like that…
Originally posted by sheba2011
Originally posted by TheSilentwalker
reply to post by buddhatrance
Absolutely true..! HOWEVER, in order to save the headache, why not go from A to B in a straight line?
Like that…
I knew I was saving this for just the right occasion...
www.youtube.com...edit on 28-9-2011 by sheba2011 because: fixed link
Originally posted by TheSilentwalker
reply to post by sheba2011
That is nice (indeed) poetry. It doesn't come from anything nearly as close to logic. Ever.
That's the difference between apocrypha and fact.edit on 28-9-2011 by TheSilentwalker because: reformulated / added "as" before "close"
Originally posted by Katiereneethompson
Given that geometry resonates big time with me, I'd like to share this link...some of you may know of this site but I love the approach this guy takes on the site...I'm all about sacred geometry in this mathematically perfect universe...it was the squaring the circle comment that twigged this btw....in geometry, it's all about connecting the dots after all isn't it?...here's the link...thoughts back would be appreciated!..much love, kate
www.goroadachi.com...
click on the heading Lucifers Comet at the top...that stuff came out last night after weeks of nothing