A Philosophy of Mind

Is the mind the same as the body? What is consciousness? Can machines have it?

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Truth does not lie in the field of opinion, nor clever indirect axioms, it is information. The mind summons knowledge drawing and converting it to the contemplate truth. Truth is not a point of view. Truth brings to bear working and actualizing comes into being when all that is present is factual. In other words, truth brings the end to light and establishes something good and eternal.

Truth is merely the bare reason of being. "I think, therefore I am”. Only when self comes forward asserts not just certainty of itself but reason, the bare and simple truth.

The pleasure of knowing truth ever lasting, ever learning is not so far indeed from total joy. As for the philosopher, they think honor and gain are necessary pleasures, but if there were no need for them, would rather not have them.

Truth comes through reflection and with it compassion of other. This power is in the mind of everyone and most good. What is truth but objective reality, in other words, an assurance of self, the bare purpose of self? Only when self comes forward with purpose is pure inner self real and true.

The pathway of knowledge is truth its essential principle embrace nothing less than the entire system of what is around you concerns the whole realm of the truth and in such that truth is set forth consciousness or desirable quality of what is around you. Therefore, consciousness becomes recognized with this very stage proper of mind.
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The truth embraces virtue of consciousness. what is great and what is small arises from the distinction of the visible and the intelligible.

Then thinking begins to be aroused within and mind is perplex and wanting to arrive at a resolution of what is absolute unity? This inquiry draws and converts the mind to contemplate true being. All the images that dwell in my mind are embossed by the intervention of my senses and they communicate impressions upon what should be regarded as the immediate source of reason and truth.
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All the great thinking requires discussion and high speculation about truth; hence comes consideration. . Philosophy is the pathway to truth; its essential principle embraces nothing less than the whole system concerning the whole truth and in such that truth sets forth not as theoretical, but as consciousness.

Everything has reason dwelling within us, a certainty of self.

What assures us what we do is true is reason. Reason, which means purpose, has a distinct consciousness. Purpose is the greatest Good, enables you to descend from those fettered toils whether how small or important. In our power, we have reason and it causes a benefit to the world.

Feeling, seeing, hearing, or any other sense cannot ever assure us of anything if reason is not there. The senses cannot ever assure you of anything, if reason does not intervene and lead towards truth.
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Learning philosophy in ancient times had significance; there was an eagerness to behold and to be nourished in the spirit of knowledge.


If the pursuit of philosophy could reach the point of public understanding, will it have any value? There is a perfection that all philosophers ought to reach, and which all students ought attain to, and not to fall short of.

The finishing touch of knowledge is dialectic philosophy it is the coping stone of all sciences, is considered the greatest advantage in education.

All spheres of science and art it takes a considerable amount of trouble spent in learning the disciplines as worthless. Without dialectic philosophy let the other sciences try as much as they like to get along without they are unable without dialectical knowledge, or have any spiritual significance and truth.

There should be a law that enables people to attain the greatest ‹educational skills to dialectic knowledge. This is a perfection that all knowledge ought to reach and which students ought to attain and not fall short of it. For when a student knows not only means their first principles are constructed out of know not, and unable to see their relationship of one and other.

What causes many to persuade themselves that there is difficulty in knowing is the fact that they never raise their minds above the things of sensation, because they are so accustomed to them not knowing?

Dialectical steps into a world above opinions and examine the complex beauty of nature, not by directly grasping it physically, But at bottom this mode is only subjective, temporary, and seriously restricted in scope, as well as by the qualitative nature of the things grasped.
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Philosophy has the appearance of being incomprehensible because in the first place few study it thus it turns into some idiosyncrasy not able of understand or learn yet everybody possesses philosophy this open road is offered to everyone.

The keepers of philosophy dedicate themselves wholly to the upholding of truth, makes philosophy our craft, and not copy anything else; except, courage temperance holiness, freedom, and the like; grow at length into these habits and they become second nature.

The sophists believe not anything but the opinion of their congregation. Their wisdom might be compare to a person who studies the irritability and needs of a wild beast and learns how to control the beast, and know the meaning of its several shouts, knows what soothes or infuriates it. That is the sophist they perfect this calling it knowledge, wisdom, and even teach these desires and disposition of the wild beast. The sophist calls good to be that in, which the wild beast takes pleasure in and evil to be that which the wild beast has an aversion.


The philosopher's gift is to have skill, memory, courage, magnificence, and use opinion not as first principle, but only as hypotheses. That is to say, hypotheses ass steps and points of departure into a world, which is above hypotheses, ascend beyond to the first principle and then by successive steps descend again without the aid of any sensible object, from ideas, through ideas, and in ideas ends.
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Hi Babs,
I "stole" some of your post's ideas for my own, in the "religion" section. Thanks - you feed my thoughts!! -RachelAnn-
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Rachel,

What you did was borrow all that is best in knowledge that gives certainty to truth.
There are three types of knowledge; physical, theoretical and dialectical each emerges necessarily from the other and in doing so each results from the other.

Now dialectic philosophy draws the mind to contemplate nature in a partly practical and partly theoretical manner, it does away with hypotheses by knowledge only and goes direct to the first principle of Nature. You will not find a more difficult study or as difficult in which the best learning natures should be trained in and never give up the study.
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Socrates was a dialectician brave, fair, noble, and generous had natural gifts such as, keenness of the mind from the severity of studying, a good memory, a unwearied solid personality, love the labor of work and all the‹ intellectual discipline required to be a dialectician.

There should be a law that enables students to attain this great educational skill of dialectic knowledge This is a perfection that all knowledge ought to reach and which all students ‹ought to attain to and not fall short of it. For when we know not, the first principles knowing is constructed out of know not, we are unable to see an association of one and other.

Through reflection comes truth and with it compassion of other. This power in the mind of everyone and is most good. What is truth but objective reality, in other words, an assurance of being, the bare reason of oneself? Only when self comes forward with reason of self. Not some absolute idealistic belief that other is nothing and finding endless variety of ways of using other for advantage and mastering.
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To grasp the true spirit of dialectic philosophy and gather meaning m we need to stand back and leave Nature alone, adjust to it contemplate it and our relationship with nature.
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Barbara, you are a legend.


Probably certifiable but certainly a legend!!!



I'm still not convinced you are not a piece of computer software though. By this I do not seek to cast any aspersions on your talent or capacity as a competent and thoughtful writer, you've earned your wings.


It's your consistency and single minded determination that freaks me out.


Relentless





Please keep going until the heat-death of the universe.....and beyond, just to mess it all up and keep it fun and a touch silly!


:wink:
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Koyaanisqatsi,

"I think, therefore I am” Being is the ultimate absolute truth framed in the most perfect manner. Truth cannot be retained within the limits of ignorance of self.

I had no intention to be a philosopher. I began writing borrowed all that is best in knowledge and I enumerated anything, which gave truth and increased my knowledge. I could not find a more enjoyable method presented to me.
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My ultimate aim is to bring back the spirit of thinking and create a consciousness that recognizes truth. Where there is a more thoughtful thorough rational and deductive way of examining things, without hypothesis and without instructing or wishing to command.

"Know thyself and know what is truth. The homeland of truth is virtue. There is nothing that assures us what we see is true. That is the problem truth vanishes in the course of the event. Truth is mere sense-certainty, and perception of things.

Certainty is truth, but it vanishes. Into the native land of truth is an attitude that comes into being. Whereas knowledge is dependent on principles derived from understanding, the requisite above all to try to establish truth.

Self like sunlight is pure reflection. If self could pass into transparent like sunlight but self exist in an empty uncertainty as only an attitude, subjective and excludes other. Whereas sunlight is different from that, it is for everyone. Self has the same goal of Plant Nature to being -for-itself, but plants do not transcend to the stage of independent subjective being its true subjective unity is set forth outside of the body and stands in relation with the outer world and remains home with self. We and other animals are the true absolute idealism of nature; possess within self the determinateness, a truly self-subsistent center for self.
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Then self-consciousness is reflective thought. This supersensible self feels satisfied a positive objective being is self-conscious of self as the controlling necessity of what is essential and actual.

Instinctually we are in step with the world outside. Just as everything else, we feel it this urge not contingent but necessary. To feel is a privilege
It is this theoretical process that we are free.

As Hegel believed, self-assurance in the fearful and unknown darkness of chance devoid of consciousness remains the darkness of night, which never comes to draw distinctions within it, and never attains the clearness a shadow.
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Dialectic philosophy simply draws the mind to contemplate what is in nature. This is a branch of knowledge specific subject matter in a partly practical and partly theoretical manner to further scientific studies.

Come release self from the chains, from the shadow to light; Socrates compares it to the raising of mind to the brightest in the material and visible world. To all that study this power is given.
From the underground den to the sun elevates to the highest principle in mind to contemplate. Come visualize the mind from the standpoint of dialectic knowledge behold not superficial rhetoric but profound thinking that exalts an infinitude of ideas

Dialectic philosophy takes labor in attaining that is if we want to do our work in life.
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The narrator has to learn the differences of minds, must have a good theoretical knowledge; you try ascertaining truth without knowledge.

Language is not is it mere rhetoric thrown down anyhow. It is an impression of reality. The same as painting once it is painted can fall about anywhere among those who may like it or may not. The same with language it has no guardian to protect words they can be battered, abused, and unprotected.

God mingles in language and the arts as a go-between that spans the gulf all spring. Language effects our action both divine and human.
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