Peter said:
>>I think you've rather succinctly said some thing I was trying to get at :
maths is more absolute and therefore less 'real', than 'reality'. Thus, for
example, a circular thing is 'never' a perfect circle. Only a perfect circle
manages this.<<
That is a good point. Absolute can only occur in the realm of human
imagination. Perfect is a very good example. I have often thought of Plato's
idea of forms. It always leads me back to the concept of perfect. Common
sense dictates that nothing is perfect. If the only way a chair can be
perfect is to be imaginary, then there is a problem. You just can't sit in
an imaginary chair. Thus not even imaginary chairs are perfect, therefore
nothing can ever be perfect. Yet...
If nothing can be perfect, then the term loses its meaning. Except that I
can tell you that this chair I'm sitting in is perfect. I am both sitting
and comfortable and this chair performs its duty perfectly. Everything is
like this. Everything is perfect just as it is. So nothing is perfect and
everything is perfect. Does a dog have Buddha nature?
David Prince
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