A Philosophy of Mind

[Barbara Brooks]

Knowledge derived from wisdom is requisite above all to try to establish any truth. The principle of knowledge is wholly directed to truth. Knowledge distinguishes truth from error. There is nothing that assures what we see is truth without knowledge because anything perceived very plainly and very clearly but at the same time not true.

There are those who will agree with me and will take my words as revelation whereas others will deem them to be idle narratives, seeing no profit to be obtained from my words.
Knowing is the ultimate and absolute truth of mind, for what is which gives certainty exercises truth. Knowledge is not found anywhere in the field of partisanship. It is not a matter of clever turns nor allusive phrases, or half utterances but knowledge, which consists in definite, meaningful, and purposeful origin.

The very fact that knowledge comes on the scene is a phenomenon; pressing forward to truth traversing the spiritual path arrives at knowledge.

[Barbara Brooks]

There are two guiding ruling principles of love one is desire and the other pleasure sometimes they are in harmony and then again at war and at times one conquers the other.

These two ruling powers are set over the intellectual world divisions of the visible world whereas the intelligible world is akin to wisdom. Clearly, you will find that the visible is the sphere of the perception and consists of images shadows and reflections.

All these images that dwell in mind are imprinted by the intervention of wisdom by which these ideas are received. The intellectual world through the medium of sight or touch, or have any other senses.

From these senses, derives all that sensible things aim at. What is great and what is small arises from the distinction of the visible and the intelligible draws the mind to contemplate.

What is great and what is small arises when there is some contradiction and plurality; then thought begins to be aroused within and the mind perplexed wants to arrive at a decision.

The love of knowledge is there anything more than wisdom. Love is strong in one direction like a stream, which has been drawn off into another channel. These are desires absorbed in the pleasure of knowledge if they mean to be a true lover of knowledge and not a sham.

[Barbara Brooks]

Faith is needed in the discourse of life. If each of us put to the use that which life planned us we would all do our own business, and so the whole society would be one and not many.

That is what Socrates believed, that it is fine for potters to repose on couches, and feast by the fireside, passing round the wine, while their wheel is conveniently at hand, and working at pottery only as much as they like; in this way might make every class happy—and then, as you imagine, the whole Society would be happy.

Not philosophy do not put this idea into your mind this posing to be what you are not, only seeming to be and not real it only turns the society upside down; Philosophers must be bounded or persuaded to do our own work in the best way. They will grow up in a gallant order, and all will receive the proportion of happiness which life assigns to them.

[Barbara Brooks]

Some believe injustice is more profitable than justice.

But, justice even though wrapped up in a mysterious form does not aim at excess profit. Socrates makes an example, a musician, a doctor, and any skilled artist, does not seek more profit than it’s worthiness nor does not exceed it. Therefore their talent will always fall on the side of good.

Let a person do their duty number one, without asking whether there will be fortune at the end from a brilliant or virtuous accomplishment and is not that accomplishment happiness and justice is the excellence by which happiness is attained. Then Justice and happiness are shown to be inseparable.

Anyone who pursues happiness and makes it their end of all accomplishmnts shines radiant and rises out of the sea of change.

The principle of happiness is doing your work in the best way, in the noblest order and receive a proportion of happiness which nature assigns to you.

Societies who do not have an equal portion of happiness for all never grow into well-conducted virtuous citizens, cannot put to use what nature intended of them . We all sould do our own nature, and so too the whole society would be one and not many. This is justice.

Posturing to be what we are not turns the society upside down; therefore we must be compel or be encourage to do your own in life in the best way. Then and only then Socrates believed, the whole society will grow into a noble order, and all will receive the proportion of happiness which nature assigns to us.

[Barbara Brooks]

The inner working and weaving within mind is reason has no real self-distinguishing quality; more so, it is merely pure immediate quality.

Thus, this inner quality is without detail; it is just pure ideal reason, merely implicit within self, yet truth.

So many of us never rise above senses, they are so accustomed to consider excepting imaginations that do not give us assurance of anything. So many are persuaded there is difficulty in knowing reason because it is a spirit, or immediate truth brings about feeling and reverent devotion.

In the first place, knowing reason demands a willingness to exalt profound thought that may be regarded the prima facie of modern times.

Reason, pure inner soul, can’t be felt, nor seen nor tasted is simply undifferentiated pure self-conscious ideal. The big problem is reason cannot stand by itself because of any support an inherent standpoint it is just simply ideality.

[Barbara Brooks]

What interests us or what should interest us we should never refrain from, no matter what criticism comes about.

What interest a person has power to raise them to the very brightest star in the material world. Reason, it is our universal intention a chain of them world. What interests a person is a series of substantive actions of character. This is willpower the element of reason confirmed first within self and subsequently in the welfare of others, which essential ends in good.

[Anh Chau]

Sorry about the misscommunication. But here is my question: Plato speaks of "Pure Form". I want to know what is a pure form. He also speaks of "having a pure purpose". I want to know how to attain a pure purpose in life. What is the difference between a "pure purpose" and one that is not?

[Barbara Brooks]

Anh,

The highest principle of form, the essence of being, is pure speculative thought a hypothetical idealistic meaning pure opinion, the direct opposite of purpose.

The pure absolute being is pure thought it is merely in an unconstructive sense in relation to sense-experience and perception necessarily weaves and moves inarticulately within being.

Being is pure thought, without judgment, vague, and has no division within it without judgment beyond the consciousness; simply immediacy of thought is nothing else than pure being, related to consciousness.

The universal abstraction of pure self-thinking is the pure quivering within self. This simple motion a process constitutes a shifting change is actual reality

Being develops into real properties belong to the sphere that transforms the state of being into life. No longer is being the indifferent relationship. An excellent example of form is Earth; it ties together the elements air fire and water into a series of procedures. One action of being earth is the meteorological, the study of the earth’s atmosphere, demonstrates this process earth affirms itself the unity of elements, air, fire and water in the form of barometric index level. The barometric changes are inside the terrestrial earth. For example, earth attracts the atmosphere either more or less; the higher level of the barometric level puts an end to the forming of water and the lower level permits the form of water. The higher the level is a greater tension of earth inwardness is earth's way of showing its essence of being.

[Barbara Brooks]

The sphere of being-for-self is equally in relationship with nature. Self for this living individual preserves itself only from the resources in nature. Here 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 the crystal of the earth is passive to light is transparent 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.

How does sunlight relate to earth? 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 it’s 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 we can see darkness is required, otherwise there is only luminous light.

[Barbara Brooks]

The cosmos is circular and uniform, a universal motion and the partly condition and partly free motion is the gravitation is the planetary motion. The principal moments of the cosmos sun, moon and planets is its perfect unity of being, a group of independent bodies nesting in an objective essential relationship to each other. This is universal cohesion is the relationship of one and another, the turns and expression of independence, even though dwelling together. Gravitation partly conditioned and partly free, occurring at the same time, is the moon motion. The celestial is divided into three motions, the cometary, moon, and planets. Motion of cometary and sunspots is the elliptic and uniform whereas moon is pendulum motion has its center not only in itself but also in another the cometary and sunspots motion. The moon motion is gravitation from the moon motion. Earth motion. These motions are the laws of universal motion of the cosmos.

[Barbara Brooks]

Socrates believed that God is the only maker of real being, for no one else can be the maker. Not a particular maker but a real maker of real existence is God, the natural author. God likens that of mind which lifts the head into the outside world, and is carried round in the revolution, troubled indeed and with difficulty beholding true being; most of us rises and falls, and sees, and again fails to see the unruliness of the climb. This exceeding eagerness the mind to behold truth and where pasturage is found suited to the highest part of the mind; and on which mind soars is nourished with truth.
In addition, when the mind is unable to follow fails to behold the truth sinks beneath forgetfulness and wrong, falls and drops to the ground.

[Barbara Brooks]

Matter composed predominantly of atoms consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons is what constitutes the see able universe. Matter is the real limit in the cosmos as being a wholly contingent one which holds together the two moments that re in opposition, i.e. repulsion and attraction. Matter he reciprocally regulated rule of being two in one determination, is contingent, indeterminate and theoretical being, only passes from one state to another and only through a thrust from outside to affirm its sensuous being.

Matter is capable of both rest and motion yet each is indifferent to the other, only passes from one state to the other by another outside, meaning, rest does not automatically pass over into motion nor does motion automatically pass over into rest, they are only transported by another. Matter exists only as an abstraction set in motion it constitutes a single motion of two determinations connected momentarily a single motion of two bodies; The two bodies on each other is the struggle for one and the same dwelling or place. Matter and Motion offer equal resistance to each other, matter and motion each constitutes a single determinateness takes the place in the other.

The unity of matter and motion is absolutely whole being yields. This unity of matter and motion is an intensive one. The intensity is simply elasticity, what repels and attracts is elasticity, because matter and motion yield just so far. The elasticity is being-for-self and being-for-other.

The intensity of the resistance, each is simply preserving it’s being is the act of gravity. Only through gravity that bodies resist each other. Resistance is only pressure that each resists each other. Each striving towards its center presses on the other which resists it.

That is why Thales thought the universe was all embracing whole developed microbe and that water was all-powerful being of life. He thought water was God Thales believed. There is a science called Thalassography that treats the sea, also, Thalassocracy means mastery of the sea.

[Barbara Brooks]

The true philosopher must from earliest youth love truth and be absorbed in knowledge of every form. I mean if they were true philosophers and not a sham


Philosophy is more heavenly than any of the other studies, it is useful and beneficial, always a useful handy helper gives greater clearness, and better understanding. Truth the philosopher soars when nourished. What is truth but reality? It is the assurance of being.

Socrates I am quit sure you know never left Greece.

In Plato’s Phaedrus you get the feel of Socrates roaming the land with and Phaedrus walking together outside the wall they stop and sit on supple grass in front of a tall plane tree there a gentle breeze cools them.

Socrates made some people highly up set in the government because he exposed their ignorance. Eventually he was brought to court found guilty of being godless and given the choice of leaving Greece forever or taking the poison hemlock.

What started was the great authority of the Delta Apollo spoke to Socrates followers and said that Socrates was the wisest person in the world. Well Socrates could not believe this and said, “Surely there are someone wiser then me for I know nothing.”

[Barbara Brooks]

What makes purpose complete is conviction, it cannot be complete without it because purpose is simply a ideal thought which has no support, cannot stand alone because ideas are merely ideality; It has no inherent standpoint to bring purpose into being.


Therefore, purpose is a kind of illumination of inner reality, a simple pure sheer implicit power within self. The two guiding principles of mind one is conviction and the other purpose and these two are sometimes in harmony and sometimes at war, where one conquers the other.


The process o giving birth to purpose has consequences whereas purpose alone belongs only to inner purpose only can turn a negative into a positive.


Conviction is what actualizes purpose and brings conscientiously something to bear good and eternal. Laboring anything into something has not only positive significance but also self becomes truly realized. Like the sun mingles through a real active agent that kindles the process of the Elements, does not merely illuminate darkness but arouses and governs an atmospheric process and sea and fire generate from it, and yet each Element is independently free.

Labor is simply transferring from a state not yet explicitly expressed to self fully expressed; Thus this mode of consciousness refuses to be led astray and abandon with idle thoughts, hold on the original purpose until it is made actual; Hence we cannot know what self is until self has purpose actualized.

[Barbara Brooks]

The wise, are not appreciated especially at a public place when a promiscuous crowd is assembled, they are strangers.

Meanness, anger, and superstition in the world would empty out if knowledge were seen as good. That is the highest of all gifts of humanity. The well educated we grow to become good nurtured citizens; all societies improve more and more when knowledge takes root.

Through knowledge comes truth and with truth kindness. Because what is truth but actuality. Then to see, hear, or perceive in anyway we must have knowledge.

The whole universe and all creation would stand still, and never again have motion or birth without knowledge because pure knowing is absolute truth which all things fall under.