A Philosophy of Mind
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Crystallization is a reflection-into-self, is a likeness to sunlight. But self is self-consciousness an empty uncertainty of ego its product is merely an attitude and reflection into itself. Sunlight has the possibilities of unifying with all things that enters in community of the sun. Transparent sunlight corresponds to air can be explained using a pure crystal.
Through reflection comes truth and with it compassion. What is truth but objective reality, in other words, assurance of self? It is when self comes to the fore declares not just a certainty of self but reason bare and simple.
Ego is pure inner self-reflection, in other words, in and for self. With truth comes essence of being pure inner in one way but in the other way in which lies feelings in the sense of the abstract self perceives what is destined and what is supposed.
Knowledge is the very principle of idealism and cannot get away from sensing and distinguishing not truth, therefore truth falls into a contradiction a twofold nature, which consist of pure opposition.
Reason is part truth and which falls into such contradiction. Consequently, reality is not strictly reality at all, Self is truth in all reality; and thus reason is intended to be a search, which in its very process of seeking declaring that it is utterly impossible to have the satisfaction of finding all reality.
When there is some contradiction present self summons knowledge to light up the confusion and arouses a want to arrive at a conclusion.
Now mind and body are a contradiction of unity, each is pure negation to the other and mere falling together the collapse of the immediate sameness These opposed moments are held together in a unity, but are a contradiction of unity.
Through reflection comes truth and with it compassion. What is truth but objective reality, in other words, assurance of self? It is when self comes to the fore declares not just a certainty of self but reason bare and simple.
Ego is pure inner self-reflection, in other words, in and for self. With truth comes essence of being pure inner in one way but in the other way in which lies feelings in the sense of the abstract self perceives what is destined and what is supposed.
Knowledge is the very principle of idealism and cannot get away from sensing and distinguishing not truth, therefore truth falls into a contradiction a twofold nature, which consist of pure opposition.
Reason is part truth and which falls into such contradiction. Consequently, reality is not strictly reality at all, Self is truth in all reality; and thus reason is intended to be a search, which in its very process of seeking declaring that it is utterly impossible to have the satisfaction of finding all reality.
When there is some contradiction present self summons knowledge to light up the confusion and arouses a want to arrive at a conclusion.
Now mind and body are a contradiction of unity, each is pure negation to the other and mere falling together the collapse of the immediate sameness These opposed moments are held together in a unity, but are a contradiction of unity.
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Barbara Brooks
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Space and time are put into this peculiar condition they can only be viewed as a transition of one into another, but each is separate. Precisely it is this separating that proclaims our ground and truth. Time the abstract being-for-self past present and future into units where each actually exists completely indeterminate but indivisible.
Space and time are a contradiction of unity, together in unity; the unbounded free extends in every direction is space. Time has existence through space therefore the immediate collapse of space.
Space contains in itself no time difference, extends in every direction, absolute spreading, not connected to any thing or any condition. Space has no anything; Hegel called space “mediationless indifference.” Time does not affect space even though time exists in space, side-by-side, existing in complete abstraction they do not interfere with each other.
Time is motion a circle of unity, for example, we proceed to a place which is our future and leave one which is our past, the same time we are already at the place we are reaching. The same as Zeno’s arrow in motion is inseparably both repulsion and attraction and unity of these two moments is the inseparable moments of gravity, that is, we are in time subject to limitations and conditions.
The heavens should be used as a pattern and with a view to that higher knowledge; In astronomy, as in geometry, we should employ problems, and let the heavens alone if we would approach the subject in the right way and so make the natural gift of reason to be of any real use, That is a work infinitely beyond our present astronomers.
Space and time are a contradiction of unity, together in unity; the unbounded free extends in every direction is space. Time has existence through space therefore the immediate collapse of space.
Space contains in itself no time difference, extends in every direction, absolute spreading, not connected to any thing or any condition. Space has no anything; Hegel called space “mediationless indifference.” Time does not affect space even though time exists in space, side-by-side, existing in complete abstraction they do not interfere with each other.
Time is motion a circle of unity, for example, we proceed to a place which is our future and leave one which is our past, the same time we are already at the place we are reaching. The same as Zeno’s arrow in motion is inseparably both repulsion and attraction and unity of these two moments is the inseparable moments of gravity, that is, we are in time subject to limitations and conditions.
The heavens should be used as a pattern and with a view to that higher knowledge; In astronomy, as in geometry, we should employ problems, and let the heavens alone if we would approach the subject in the right way and so make the natural gift of reason to be of any real use, That is a work infinitely beyond our present astronomers.
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Now can we see space and time is a contradiction of unity, this falling together is the collapse of sameness. Space and time are held together are separate yet viewed as one.
Metaphysics have wondered whether space is a property of things or is it on its own free. Space as a property of things cannot be that would mean space must be like a box and that even when empty maintains a particular box but space is free not a property of time space is freely spreading offers no resistance.
Space cannot be pointed out except in a geometrical dimension because it contains nothing material, merely extends in every direction, an absolute spreading oneness, not endowed or connected to any thing or condition.
To measure space has only dimensional ones, point, line, and plane as mathematical or geometric boundaries; they are point, line, and plane. The line follows as an effect passes over into the surface, or the plane. The point, the line and the plane are the denials of space’s free spreading they are whole totality. Line passes over to the plane is the straight or curved line of single developed totality, such as above below, right and left. Space has distinct forms of material body they are the truth of space.
The idea of he triangular is plane constitutes and the boundary of material substances; the line supposed as a cubical block of lines, as such, above below, right and left; and the point as circular based on the radii of the Sun.
Sun rules the world s the course of time and what is only a moment of the course of time is merely a change of place. This is precisely the moment of time that which is about to be occupied, that which has just been vacated, and that which is here present the universal through all the changes.
Metaphysics have wondered whether space is a property of things or is it on its own free. Space as a property of things cannot be that would mean space must be like a box and that even when empty maintains a particular box but space is free not a property of time space is freely spreading offers no resistance.
Space cannot be pointed out except in a geometrical dimension because it contains nothing material, merely extends in every direction, an absolute spreading oneness, not endowed or connected to any thing or condition.
To measure space has only dimensional ones, point, line, and plane as mathematical or geometric boundaries; they are point, line, and plane. The line follows as an effect passes over into the surface, or the plane. The point, the line and the plane are the denials of space’s free spreading they are whole totality. Line passes over to the plane is the straight or curved line of single developed totality, such as above below, right and left. Space has distinct forms of material body they are the truth of space.
The idea of he triangular is plane constitutes and the boundary of material substances; the line supposed as a cubical block of lines, as such, above below, right and left; and the point as circular based on the radii of the Sun.
Sun rules the world s the course of time and what is only a moment of the course of time is merely a change of place. This is precisely the moment of time that which is about to be occupied, that which has just been vacated, and that which is here present the universal through all the changes.
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Barbara Brooks
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I have swayed from the subject the conscious state where there is immediate reflection into self. This is sensibility, which differentiates itself from other. The conscious state is a threefold process: wakefulness from sleep faculty of perception, second, cohabitation and third the alteration of heat. Here is the perfect inner-mind setting its own house in order.
In the mind of everyone is most good; truth that gives the seasons and years, and the names for all things. Opinion, shadows, disputation about truth are with tainted eyes does not attempt to go beyond shadows.
Turn back to the epoch of time that took place many centuries ago a revival is recommended where truth is spirit in the form of consciousness, and self-consciousness a unity completely self-contained.
Healthy and temperate mind awakens rational powers feed on noble thoughts and enquiries, higher principle -- in the solitude of pure abstraction free to contemplate and aspire to knowledge past, present, or future: rouses up reason, attains truth most nearly, and not the sport of fantastic and lawless visions.
In the mind of everyone is most good; truth that gives the seasons and years, and the names for all things. Opinion, shadows, disputation about truth are with tainted eyes does not attempt to go beyond shadows.
Turn back to the epoch of time that took place many centuries ago a revival is recommended where truth is spirit in the form of consciousness, and self-consciousness a unity completely self-contained.
Healthy and temperate mind awakens rational powers feed on noble thoughts and enquiries, higher principle -- in the solitude of pure abstraction free to contemplate and aspire to knowledge past, present, or future: rouses up reason, attains truth most nearly, and not the sport of fantastic and lawless visions.
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Barbara Brooks
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Enlightenment is called the unconscious inner working and weaving of reason, or some call willpower. Reason is nothing else than pure consciousness of pure ideali inner reality of self, the sheer implicit self. Means reason has an actual pure abstract reality, or more so an inner self?
Then self has an inherent purpose? will power that has reason and that the end is good. Then actions have consequences?
Hegel believed reson is self-consciousness that makes reason complete. Just as the sun mounting higher and higher is day and when it reaches the highest point of existence sinks to night. With this change comes day and night, heat and cold,
Then self has an inherent purpose? will power that has reason and that the end is good. Then actions have consequences?
Hegel believed reson is self-consciousness that makes reason complete. Just as the sun mounting higher and higher is day and when it reaches the highest point of existence sinks to night. With this change comes day and night, heat and cold,
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Being for self is equally in relationship with nature. For this self-living individual preserves itself only from the resources in nature. Here is where we enter into relationship with nature. Self is produced at the expense of nature; we exist through a process subject to air, and fire, water, earth, for they are the roots of individuality.
Air is passive to light transparency must be free from earthy flaws free unrestricted otherwise it is simply opaque. Then transparency belongs to colors on one hand and on the other hand, the relation between lightness and darkness, in short a spectrum.
The most important characteristic of sunlight is its gleam. If earth’s surface were smooth, earth would simply gleam or shining image of something other. Sunlight brightens up earth and makes it visible. Because its surface is rough, smooth, and pointed and causes light and shade to arise earth is perpetually ignited and incited. The Sun and earth brings the difference of day and night; without earth's connection to the sun, earth would be a devoid of process. The sun mounting higher and higher is daytime and when it reaches its highest point sinks to its lowest is nighttime.
Another factor of earth and sunlight relationship is the atmosphere. Goethe’s discovery that the variations of the barometric level were simultaneous compared barometric reading from the same latitude on different meridians in Europe, America, and Asia. From these readings, he found that trade winds are constant east winds, in the tropics also winds from Europe blow from the northeast, the nearer one gets to the equator the more winds blow from the east. The more distance from the equator, the winds take on a southerly direction until they are southeast. In India, the barometer usually stands at the same level. Then this whole solar system exists together as the unbinding one. Before sight darkness is required, otherwise there is only luminous light.
Air is passive to light transparency must be free from earthy flaws free unrestricted otherwise it is simply opaque. Then transparency belongs to colors on one hand and on the other hand, the relation between lightness and darkness, in short a spectrum.
The most important characteristic of sunlight is its gleam. If earth’s surface were smooth, earth would simply gleam or shining image of something other. Sunlight brightens up earth and makes it visible. Because its surface is rough, smooth, and pointed and causes light and shade to arise earth is perpetually ignited and incited. The Sun and earth brings the difference of day and night; without earth's connection to the sun, earth would be a devoid of process. The sun mounting higher and higher is daytime and when it reaches its highest point sinks to its lowest is nighttime.
Another factor of earth and sunlight relationship is the atmosphere. Goethe’s discovery that the variations of the barometric level were simultaneous compared barometric reading from the same latitude on different meridians in Europe, America, and Asia. From these readings, he found that trade winds are constant east winds, in the tropics also winds from Europe blow from the northeast, the nearer one gets to the equator the more winds blow from the east. The more distance from the equator, the winds take on a southerly direction until they are southeast. In India, the barometer usually stands at the same level. Then this whole solar system exists together as the unbinding one. Before sight darkness is required, otherwise there is only luminous light.
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From Wiki: Culture of ancient Rome. Romans began accepting foreign gods into their own culture, as well as other philosophical traditions such as Cynicism and Stoicism. There were even attempts by many Roman and Greek philosophers to accept other gods that countered their religion, such as the Jewish deity Yahweh (viewed as the only supreme God by the Israelites) by stating that the Jews merely worshiped Jupiter but just under a different name and therefore there should be an acceptance of the Jewish culture. With the fall of the Roman Republic and the start of the reign of the emperors, which created the Roman Empire in, the Roman emperors were considered gods incarnate.
Two major philosophical schools of thought that derived from Greek religion and philosophy that became prominent in Rome in the 1st and 2nd century AD was Cynicism and Stoicism, which, according to Cora Lutz were “fairly well merged” in the early years of the Roman Empire. Cynicism taught that civilization was corrupt and people needed to break away from it and its trappings and Stoicism taught that one must give up all earthly goods by remaining detached from civilization and help others. Because of their negative views on civilization and of their way of life, in where many of them just wore a dirty cloak, carried a staff, and a coin purse, and slept outdoors, they were the targets of the Roman aristocracy and of the emperor and many were persecuted by the Roman government for being "subversive". The philosopher Lucian attacked the Cynics in his book "The Philosophies for Sale" in which he mocked the Cynics by stating "First...stripping you of your luxury...I will put a cloak on you...Next I will compel you to undergo pains and hardships, sleeping on the ground, drinking nothing but water...Leading this life you will say that your are happier than the Great King...Frequent the most crowded market place...and in [it] desire to be solitary and uncommunicative..."
I love knowledge of the sort, which shows the eternal nature not varying from generation. Philosophy is the spectator of all time and all existence, has magnificence. I believe there can be nothing so remote that we cannot reason that is to say to become accustomed to the nourishment of truth.
The ground for truth and knowledge is purpose and at times, they go to war in the mind, as though truth and knowledge were distinct from each other. The faculty of the mind is purpose a struggle of division.
The same holds true of inner and outer, generation and destruction, and being and not being. In a word, when supposing anything to be is a struggle is a chain that keeps us in bondage but we succeed in attaining purpose.
These opposed moments are held together in a unity, but in a contradiction of unity. The same of time the immediate unity with space is put into a peculiar state and is viewed only as a transition of one into another, a mere movement but each movement is separate.
Animal Nature exists subjectively and preserves inwardly the unity of the self, equally, the inward self of one and the immediate subjective universal exists as intrinsic, and its process outward preserves inwardly the unity of self. The self is for self is the same goal of Plant Nature -for-it-self, but Plant life does not transcend to the stage of we independent subjective being veritable unitary soul
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From Wiki: Culture of ancient Rome. Romans began accepting foreign gods into their own culture, as well as other philosophical traditions such as Cynicism and Stoicism. There were even attempts by many Roman and Greek philosophers to accept other gods that countered their religion, such as the Jewish deity Yahweh (viewed as the only supreme God by the Israelites) by stating that the Jews merely worshiped Jupiter but just under a different name and therefore there should be an acceptance of the Jewish culture. With the fall of the Roman Republic and the start of the reign of the emperors, which created the Roman Empire in, the Roman emperors were considered gods incarnate.
Two major philosophical schools of thought that derived from Greek religion and philosophy that became prominent in Rome in the 1st and 2nd century AD was Cynicism and Stoicism, which, according to Cora Lutz were “fairly well merged” in the early years of the Roman Empire. Cynicism taught that civilization was corrupt and people needed to break away from it and its trappings and Stoicism taught that one must give up all earthly goods by remaining detached from civilization and help others. Because of their negative views on civilization and of their way of life, in where many of them just wore a dirty cloak, carried a staff, and a coin purse, and slept outdoors, they were the targets of the Roman aristocracy and of the emperor and many were persecuted by the Roman government for being "subversive". The philosopher Lucian attacked the Cynics in his book "The Philosophies for Sale" in which he mocked the Cynics by stating "First...stripping you of your luxury...I will put a cloak on you...Next I will compel you to undergo pains and hardships, sleeping on the ground, drinking nothing but water...Leading this life you will say that your are happier than the Great King...Frequent the most crowded market place...and in [it] desire to be solitary and uncommunicative..."
I love knowledge of the sort, which shows the eternal nature not varying from generation. Philosophy is the spectator of all time and all existence, has magnificence. I believe there can be nothing so remote that we cannot reason that is to say to become accustomed to the nourishment of truth.
The ground for truth and knowledge is purpose and at times, they go to war in the mind, as though truth and knowledge were distinct from each other. The faculty of the mind is purpose a struggle of division.
The same holds true of inner and outer, generation and destruction, and being and not being. In a word, when supposing anything to be is a struggle is a chain that keeps us in bondage but we succeed in attaining purpose.
These opposed moments are held together in a unity, but in a contradiction of unity. The same of time the immediate unity with space is put into a peculiar state and is viewed only as a transition of one into another, a mere movement but each movement is separate.
Animal Nature exists subjectively and preserves inwardly the unity of the self, equally, the inward self of one and the immediate subjective universal exists as intrinsic, and its process outward preserves inwardly the unity of self. The self is for self is the same goal of Plant Nature -for-it-self, but Plant life does not transcend to the stage of we independent subjective being veritable unitary soul
Barbara
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A moral act must not be taken as if it were a mere job, it is a substantial in character and universality, A moral act lifts self out of the life of chance and change, into real substantial universal community.
Self must come out of indolence and unkindness into world-spirit, can anyone help imitating that with which is held so reverential?
It takes labor no doubt of mind. Be a servant of good that every one had better be ruled by divine wisdom dwelling within them or, by an external influence in order that we may be all as far as possible under the same just society, friends and equals.
Look back to the epoch of philosophy that took place years ago. To begin again would be to try to bring back an earlier stage. There is generation of philosophers the same as there are generations of plants and anything that there is a generation has an opposition generated out of opposition. I mean opposite things such as just and unjust, good and evil, and the innumerable other opposites that generated out of opposites.
The very hypothesis of Zeno's paradoxes inquire not only what will be the consequences to opposites in relation to themselves and the many, on the hypothesis of one and many, but also what will be the consequences to each other. If likeness is or is not, what will be the consequences in either of these cases of generation and destruction of being and not being?
Self must come out of indolence and unkindness into world-spirit, can anyone help imitating that with which is held so reverential?
It takes labor no doubt of mind. Be a servant of good that every one had better be ruled by divine wisdom dwelling within them or, by an external influence in order that we may be all as far as possible under the same just society, friends and equals.
Look back to the epoch of philosophy that took place years ago. To begin again would be to try to bring back an earlier stage. There is generation of philosophers the same as there are generations of plants and anything that there is a generation has an opposition generated out of opposition. I mean opposite things such as just and unjust, good and evil, and the innumerable other opposites that generated out of opposites.
The very hypothesis of Zeno's paradoxes inquire not only what will be the consequences to opposites in relation to themselves and the many, on the hypothesis of one and many, but also what will be the consequences to each other. If likeness is or is not, what will be the consequences in either of these cases of generation and destruction of being and not being?
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Philosophy make its appearance when a wide gap springs between people and truth. First appeared when there was a decline in the Ionic states of Asia Minor. Socrates and Plato at a state of decline in Athens was at the time. Rome philosophy expanded in the decline of The Republic. Also in the middle ages when the German cultural life found new form.
Reconciliation follows destruction.
You will find many who have the name Philosophy but they only have a sense of it not the principle, only a copy of
the authentic and if led to the true philosophy are unable to follow.
Philosophy the question arises how can we purify and instruct intelligence of this society today? In other times this has often been a improvement so people can form views and guided to action out of moral conviction.
Every person belongs to its own time for a certain time. The Cartesian, for instance, were very suitable to mathemetics but went no further. Greese a definite development of thought was brought into being. Thales thought everything began with water Anaximander recognized that everything as a commencement in time.
To find the questions of today in the past even though there was a deeper conception reigned we cannot rest content with that alone.
The starting point is always the base of development remains at the base of all that follows and does not vanish. Know thy self is the beginning but straightaway an empty being in the development of knowledge that immediate consciousness of self is that simple certainty of self.
Reconciliation follows destruction.
You will find many who have the name Philosophy but they only have a sense of it not the principle, only a copy of
the authentic and if led to the true philosophy are unable to follow.
Philosophy the question arises how can we purify and instruct intelligence of this society today? In other times this has often been a improvement so people can form views and guided to action out of moral conviction.
Every person belongs to its own time for a certain time. The Cartesian, for instance, were very suitable to mathemetics but went no further. Greese a definite development of thought was brought into being. Thales thought everything began with water Anaximander recognized that everything as a commencement in time.
To find the questions of today in the past even though there was a deeper conception reigned we cannot rest content with that alone.
The starting point is always the base of development remains at the base of all that follows and does not vanish. Know thy self is the beginning but straightaway an empty being in the development of knowledge that immediate consciousness of self is that simple certainty of self.
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Once in 1973 I was invited to the home of a professor for dinner, in his living room was a beautiful bookcase that was filled with exquisite looking books. One caught my eye; it was Herbert Marcuse’s Reason and Revolution about all GFW Hegel ‘s keen insight critical and rational standards and especially Hegel’s dialectics philosophy. The professor let me borrow the book but warned me how hard to Hegel’s philosophy was to understand.
Through toil and uncertainty, doubt and contradiction I read until I understood if not perfect at least as well as what is in my mind could and was sure as of my own existence.
To keep what was taught me nd keep my memory them in my memory I wrote. t was a requisite that I should borrow all that was best in knowledge and correct the errors of the one by the other. I listed everything, which gave me certainty and reason, if not perfectly, at least as well as was in my mind.
My knowledge gradually increased little by little raising to the highest possible point, until a voice inward proclaimed to me no possibility of doubt.
Through toil and uncertainty, doubt and contradiction I read until I understood if not perfect at least as well as what is in my mind could and was sure as of my own existence.
To keep what was taught me nd keep my memory them in my memory I wrote. t was a requisite that I should borrow all that was best in knowledge and correct the errors of the one by the other. I listed everything, which gave me certainty and reason, if not perfectly, at least as well as was in my mind.
My knowledge gradually increased little by little raising to the highest possible point, until a voice inward proclaimed to me no possibility of doubt.
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Courage makes us fearless wisdom makes us wise. Courage is a kind of salvation with true and false options. Under all circumstances, do not lose courage. It is a mighty go-between, the mightiest of all solvents for cleansing the mind more than any soda or lye; or even grief, terror, and longing.
Courage under all circumstances is the nature of things to be feared and not to be. This is what Socrates termed courage, as indelibly fixed by nurture and training, not to be washed away by such potent lyes by sorrow, fear, and desire, pleasure they are all mighty solvents. Courage, is the universal saving power of true opinion in conformity with rules about real and false situations,
No difficulty in seeing the virtue of courage but the virtue of self-control called temperance has more of the nature of harmony and symphony is the ordering or controlling of certain pleasures and desires; 'master of self'; but master is also the slave and the slave the master; all in the same person.
Then there is a better and a worse principle; in the same person the better has the worse under control, the person is said to be master of self; but when the better principle, is overwhelmed by the worse principle is called the slave of unprincipled self.
The virtue of temperance 'self-mastery' truly expresses the rule of the good over the bad, the meaner desires are held down by the virtuous desires and wisdom. The master of may claim such a name called temperance.
Have you ever observed how unshakable and unbeatable the strength of mind is and how makes any creature to be absolutely courageous and determined?
Courage under all circumstances is the nature of things to be feared and not to be. This is what Socrates termed courage, as indelibly fixed by nurture and training, not to be washed away by such potent lyes by sorrow, fear, and desire, pleasure they are all mighty solvents. Courage, is the universal saving power of true opinion in conformity with rules about real and false situations,
No difficulty in seeing the virtue of courage but the virtue of self-control called temperance has more of the nature of harmony and symphony is the ordering or controlling of certain pleasures and desires; 'master of self'; but master is also the slave and the slave the master; all in the same person.
Then there is a better and a worse principle; in the same person the better has the worse under control, the person is said to be master of self; but when the better principle, is overwhelmed by the worse principle is called the slave of unprincipled self.
The virtue of temperance 'self-mastery' truly expresses the rule of the good over the bad, the meaner desires are held down by the virtuous desires and wisdom. The master of may claim such a name called temperance.
Have you ever observed how unshakable and unbeatable the strength of mind is and how makes any creature to be absolutely courageous and determined?
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My chief aim here in carrying on my views is for my own improvement, at the same time I am not against others benefiting. What I am trying to do is draw towards truth, and create a spirit of eternal philosophy.
The problem is no one wants to put energy into such a pursuit because of the difficulty. As a matter of fact no one will attend to them but if these studies were given honor there could be continuous and earnest investigation, and discoveries made from the knowledge; even now as disregarded, as are these arguments philosophy forces its way by natural appeal, and may very likely some day emerge into sunlight, with careful thought comes truth and with it comes thoughtfulness and this is most good.
If we want to see in its perfection good, you must take a long and more winding way. Every soul pursues reason and makes it the end of all actions. Good is said to be the creator of knowledge and of truth but exceeds their dignity and power. Truth and knowledge are deemed to be like reason but reason has a place higher leads to order and virtue. Now can anyone not want to be like that?
The inherent implicit good is actual present and living process of self-reality, not in opposition but real objective conscious self. Stick to it, rest upon conviction, the highway of desolation is merely conceit, on the other hand, the other pathway, is intention, the actual carrying out of that process of expansion. To follow our conviction is certainly more than to hand self over to opinion of others held out of personal conviction belonging to others, and whose consciousness proceeds straight away to criticize thus hampers purpose, as a matter of fact, powerless of what we want to undertake.
The problem is no one wants to put energy into such a pursuit because of the difficulty. As a matter of fact no one will attend to them but if these studies were given honor there could be continuous and earnest investigation, and discoveries made from the knowledge; even now as disregarded, as are these arguments philosophy forces its way by natural appeal, and may very likely some day emerge into sunlight, with careful thought comes truth and with it comes thoughtfulness and this is most good.
If we want to see in its perfection good, you must take a long and more winding way. Every soul pursues reason and makes it the end of all actions. Good is said to be the creator of knowledge and of truth but exceeds their dignity and power. Truth and knowledge are deemed to be like reason but reason has a place higher leads to order and virtue. Now can anyone not want to be like that?
The inherent implicit good is actual present and living process of self-reality, not in opposition but real objective conscious self. Stick to it, rest upon conviction, the highway of desolation is merely conceit, on the other hand, the other pathway, is intention, the actual carrying out of that process of expansion. To follow our conviction is certainly more than to hand self over to opinion of others held out of personal conviction belonging to others, and whose consciousness proceeds straight away to criticize thus hampers purpose, as a matter of fact, powerless of what we want to undertake.