A Philosophy of Mind

[Barbara Brooks]

To behold knowledge it is best when sounds, sights, feelings are quit in the mind. The senses only hinder the acquisition of knowledge. The mind must have knowledge before seeing, hearing or distinguishing.


In the acquisition of knowledge let us not slave, for any kind of knowledge acquired under force attains no hold in mind.

That which is rigid shut up within self is powerless. Rigidity exists if it does not lose its hold and breaks down internally. The moon is rigid body representing earth's nucleus, contains the principle of abstract individuality. Thus, the comet and moon reproduce the abstract manner of sun and planet. The earth as a planet forms the middle term, the sun and the comet and moon as opposition this relationship of the heavenly bodies constitutes the cosmic foundation of the universal life which living things participate.

[Barbara Brooks]

Knowledge is the instrument that liberates reason. There must be reason for whatever is done whatever happens that brings darkness to light. Reason is nothing else but a monitor that broadcasts, declares, and proclaims truth.

Truth is framed and tested by the senses. All arts and sciences and intelligences use truth in common reason for example, every one of them first has to learn is a little matter of distinguishing one, two, and three.

Knowledge is that which has the power of elevating mind to contemplate; it can be compared to the raising the very light of the body to the sight that is brightest in the world. There is no other method to comprehend or determine.

Let the other sciences try as much as they like to get along without reason they are unable to keep alive without it or to have any spiritual significance and truth.

Reason, none of worldly things trouble it neither sight nor sound because it is nothing else than what is called the mind inner working and weaving Thus this inner consciousness is mere pure ideality. Mind has an actual inner soul, that can’t be sensed, is an undifferentiated pure ideal. Ideality cannot stand by itself has no support, no inherent standpoint, just simply ideality.

Reasoning is the best way to persuade someone of the truth contributes to the advancement of the sciences because. Reason has a distinct consciousness, evidence that what we do is right.

[Barbara Brooks]

Self-awareness exists only when you are acknowledged; therefore what is to be distinguished lies in the nature of self-consciousness.

In this spiritual process of acknowledgment; first sees self own self in this other. Meaning self must cancel other to become certain of self as true self.

This is the process of self-consciousness an action of one alone but a double significance of self’s own action and the action of that other is likewise oneself

First self does not have power to do anything for self’s own behalf. The process then is absolutely a two process of self-consciousnesses. Each does what it does, only so far as the other does the same. No one sided action in self-consciousness from one side only would be useless, because what is to happen can only be brought about by self and other.


What is truth but objective reality, in other words, pure certainty of self, objective assurance of self not just certainty of self but purpose?


With facts, evidence comes truth and with truth comes compassion of other is most good.

Purpose and self goes to war in the mind at times, self can prevail over purpose and that is a struggle, like the struggle of division; Socrates described as like watching an archer pushing and pulling the bow at the same time, one hand pushes and the other pulls. One bids and the other forbids, the forbidding and bidding one .the one we call the rational the other, passion, feelings and desires, pleasures and satisfactions.

Truth is gathered into self when none of worldly things can trouble it, neither sounds nor sights nor pleasure nor pain aspire after truth. So long as we have a sound heart and spirit, the search for truth must awake all the enthusiasm of being.

[Barbara Brooks]

"Know Thy self" you will know truth. Through reflection comes truth and with it compassion for other.

The genuine inner self of where which lays our feelings is truth. Therefore, truth falls into a contradiction has a twofold personality.

Know thy self is truth though I declare that it is utterly impossible to have the satisfaction of finding all truth. What is truth then objective reality, in other words, the assurance of self?

I drive people crazy about my love of philosophy including my husband of forty-five years. I can't help it. It has been only recently that my husband does not see philosophy as some threat to our marriage.


Socrates believed everything belongs to time, each principle has reign for a certain time. The worthy disciples of philosophy would be perchance some noble and well-educated person, who in the absence of corrupting influences remains devoted to philosophy. Or maybe some grand soul born in a mean city and there may be a gifted few who leave the arts and comes to philosophy or some who are restrained, like his by Socrates’ friend Theages' for everything in the life of Theages conspired to divert him from philosophy; but ill-health kept him away from politics.

[Barbara Brooks]

I went to the used bookstore with my husband yesterday and while waiting for him, I browsed the philosophy book section where I saw many philosophical books tousled on dusty and discolored shelves . I sat looking at all the lifeless books that few.probably have read made me think that possibly more people have read my writings then the many books I was looking at.

Philosophy is not for the casual reader it is a hard-won treasure and must be earned. The problem no one wants to put energy into learning philosophy though as disregarded as philosophy. It is only by natural appeal philosophy forces it’s way, and may very likely some day emerge back into light again.

Endure to the end you carry off the prize. The prize is in the same case of runners, who run well from the starting-place to the end, but not back again from the end: they go back creeping away; the true runner comes to the finish, receives the prize, and is crowned.

[Barbara Brooks]

The ego is the mirror image of self has a likeness to sunlight. The Hindus believed if ego were to maintain self would pass into transparency but ego is not sunlight, it is merely self- reflection, an empty uncertainty.

The ego is conceit understands how to belittle every truth and turn away from truth is pride but incapable of what is truth. Conceit has a one-sided view and always seeing the result as nothing, and cannot advance from there.

That is the ego a process of assimilation from becoming to being just as the plant drawn out of itself by light; plant climbs out towards light, ramifying into many individuals. The plant draws from light energy, vigor, and the quality of scent, the splendor and depth of color and shape.

The ego enters into relationship with the world outside only in light. By light we become self-feeling the same as plants. The ego is reflected into elf; means its existence is a complete individual, Just as the plant becomes self-like only in light; its lighting up is only in light that it is produced.


Then we exist subjectively the same way plant nature but Plant life become-for-itself does not transcend to the stage of independent subjective being like we veritable subjective souls, which is set forth outside of the body and stands in relation with the outside world and remains home with self. Animals possess this determinateness subsistent center for self.

Mind is one fine point free self-movement like sunlight, ideally free form gravity, we spontaneously determine our place, and possess a voice, which displays our self-movement as a free vibration within self, a self-individualizing relationship to the outside world. Above all our individuality, which determines self is universal, abiding preserving, having feelings.

[Barbara Brooks]

Pure inner self is ego, or in other words, the imperturbable passing hither and thither. Here enter into the sphere of reflection into self here independent in face of outside determinates, The ego pure inner self reflected self.

Ego pervades the whole Godly like relation between inner and outer. Much like the crystal nucleus molecules attach themselves to the surface of the nucleus in a kind of successive array in which depends on this series. These nucleus crystals are a three dimensional whole. Ego inner essence is ideal principle that pervades the whole inner and outer like the crystal nucleus molecule integrants the nucleus in a kind of successive array.

The ego and “other” is the negative, unpleasant feeling but a necessary one. What excites emotion exists outside self. Ego pervades and permeates all aspects of being and in this course constitutes all that self can reveal. The ego is a satisfaction that is an essentially affirmative relation of the singularity to self continues self in other and in this, other feels its own self.


Ego has a likeness to sunlight as empty uncertainty, mere thought\. The ego maintains in pure sameness, as sunlight is the same pure self-identity. But ego cannot deliver, because everything is for self; "other” is merely "other.” Sunlight is, first wholly universal appearance devoid of any determination within it.

[Barbara Brooks]

Bravery is the saving grace of truth, a mighty agent preserves under all circumstances.
Courage is a kind of salvation for true and false opinion. Under all circumstances, courage makes self-fearless, do not lose courage it is a mighty- go-between, the mightiest of all substance for cleansing the mind wrong. Courage is indelibly fixed can not to be washed away it is the universal saving power of true opinion.

Courage makes us fearless whereas 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 is this saving power of true opinion about real and false dangers. Under all circumstances under the influence of desires or fears, preserves, and does not lose this courage.

The mightiest agent of all other solvents for washing the soul, a mighty mediator, the mightiest of all solvents than any soda or lye; or by grief, terror, nor longing is courage.

[Barbara Brooks]

Descartes, believed knowledge was a science. Spinoza indisputably asserted knowledge was thought. Leibniz believed knowledge was being higher sense of self-sufficient individuality.

Grasp the whole truth and you will have no difficulty in apprehending that we can never be sure of anything if knowledge does not intervene.


My chief aim in carrying on here is for my own improvement but at the same time I do not grudge others any benefit, which they may get, from my writings. There is a perfection which all writing ought to reach, and which students ought also to attain, and not to fall short of.


No one wants to utilize them because they are difficult to learn and a director can hardly be found, but even as matters stand the student today most would not attend to them, they are too conceited

However, my writings were given the honor they deserve; then students would want to come, and there would be continuous and earnest learning and discovery would be made.

Even now as disregarded still my writings force their way and if they had help they will some day emerge into light.

[Barbara Brooks]

Temperance is a virtue unlike courage or wisdom; they make society wise and valiant. But temperance it extends and runs through all the notes of the scale, and produces a harmony and does its utmost to maintain intact.

Socrates believed when the style of music changes, the fundamental laws of the society change with it. The help of music society gain the habit of good order, then this habit of order will accompany citizens in all their actions and produce and if there be any places in the society fallen will raise them up again.

Every individual should be put to use for which nature intended he or she to be, only when every person would do his or her own business, and so the whole society would be one and not many.

Just as the proverb says to follow the principle that friends have all things in common. If societies are well educated citizens will always see their way through all these events, as well as other matters as marriage, equal rights and bearing children.


Above all is that we as citizens will try to establish truth. And, since this endeavor is so important, we should try not to tackle truth by pulling from mind wrong opinions instead remove truth from mere opinion, go beyond the obvious world.

Nicolo Machiavelli wrote that a wise philosopher ought always to follow the paths beaten by great people and to imitate those who have been supreme.

Now the question arises how can philosophy nurture citizens today. First realize everything belongs to time, and each principle has reign for a certain time. What will be the consequence? That is what counts. Little things elaborated how preposterous! Nothing short of the most finished picture, never lose sight that all things become useful and advantageous through good.

[Barbara Brooks]

Wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice are virtues.

One must to be wise , must be valiant, temperate, and just to be virtuous? Socrates laid out a pattern of the perfect philosopher for those who desire may see and may set self in that order. But whether such perfection exists, or ever will exist, no matter live after that manner.

Not ignorance of the truth being too, busy looking down stooping to the earth, with passions mixed with pains living a mere shadowy life.


Truly clearly only knowledge is worthy to being called wisdom. Temperance has more of the nature of harmony self controlling wants and desires, and being master of self.

The master is also the servant and the servant the master merely means that in the mind there is a good and also a bad principle; and when the better has the worse under control, then it is said to be the master of self the ruler of good over bad. The slave of self and unprincipled is bad. Temperance therefore is the People may be courageous or may be cowardly, but their courage or cowardice is more a kind of believing.

Descartes conceived we do not comprehend the Infinite we cannot comprehend, nor possibly even reach in any way; our nature is finite and limited, and it is sufficient that we should understand our ignorance.

[Barbara Brooks]

Seek after truth for the sake of knowledge and look coldly upon opinion. Wipe out opinion it causes dishonest administration. This I know is no easy feat but whether easy or not lays the difference between individuals.

Sophists teach opinion. Their wisdom might be compare to someone who studies the tempers and needs of a wild animal and learns how to control the beast in them and know the meaning of their numerous cries and, knows what will quiet them or enrage them. The sophist has perfected this study and calls this knowledge wisdom, and even teaches the desires of the wild beast, They call good that in, which the wild beast takes pleasure in and call bad that which the wild beast has an loathing.

Philosophy ascends beyond opinion taking successive steps, from ideas, through ideas, and in ideas ends. The most important part of any accomplishment is the beginning. That is where success in attainment is formed. But, what innumerable causes cripple and distract, those goods of life, beauty, wealth, rank, and connections, you know the sort of thing.

The best way to persuade others is not rhetoric opinion, or the best poet’s embellishment but knowledge contributing to the advancement of sciences. It is only in modern times philosophy has been separated from the sciences.

Philosophy happens to be more divine than any other learning. There is a perfection in which all philosophers ought to reach, attain, and not to fall short of. When all these are reached not till then will the pursuit of science have any value or profit.

[Barbara Brooks]

If philosophy were a representation of mere opinions, it would be a very boring study. Therefore, studying philosophy there must a willingness to give profound thought which exalts infinitude of true ideas, not superficial rhetoric.
To approach philosophy in the right way in order for it to be real and useful the underlining principle must be love of knowledge and truth.

Knowledge means science. Look it up its in the dictionary. Knowledge is part of the element of freethinking, because pure knowing is the ultimate absolute truth of mind.


In order to approach philosophy in the right way or it to be real and useful the underlining principle must be the love of knowledge and truth.

Knowledge means science. Knowing is part of the element of freethinking, because pure knowing is the ultimate absolute truth of mind.

[Iwannaplato]

Knowledge means science. Knowing is part of the element of freethinking, because pure knowing is the ultimate absolute truth of mind.

I found this very confusing. Knowledge does not mean science. Science isn't really free thinking. I have no idea what the bolded portion of the above means. You suggested looking up 'knowledge'
knowl⋅edge
–noun
1. acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
2. familiarity or conversance, as with a particular subject or branch of learning: A knowledge of accounting was necessary for the job.
3. acquaintance or familiarity gained by sight, experience, or report: a knowledge of human nature.
4. the fact or state of knowing; the perception of fact or truth; clear and certain mental apprehension.
5. awareness, as of a fact or circumstance: He had knowledge of her good fortune.
6. something that is or may be known; information: He sought knowledge of her activities.
7. the body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time.
8. the sum of what is known: Knowledge of the true situation is limited.
9. Archaic. sexual intercourse. Compare carnal knowledge.

At no point is science mentioned.

[Psychonaut]

Science, from the Latin Scientia, meaning knowledge.