Mark Connely wrote: > -->And at the risk of creating a confusing three-way discussion.... > > > The idea of "the Good" is not an image in the memory banks > > of anyone's brain. > > You are saying an idea is not an idea? > > ------> No, I believe she is saying that an idea is more than just a memory. > It is a dynamic function of mind that allow new things to come to light. > the mind (or brain, as you prefer) has this amazing ability to abstract the > essence of things....from all blue things seen it creates the idea of > blueness.
>From past impressions! Sure memories mutate and comingle in the brain. The idea of blueness becomes another concept or memory. All thought is old. The only way around this is to quit thought-awareness. > > This was Aristotle's great discovery, and it was how he turned Plato upside > down. > Thanks for this discussion. I love waking up to this stuff, starts the day on > the right foot, ya know?
