From: max demian (oikoumenist@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 28 2005 - 20:35:09 GMT
Howdy,
I wanted to lend my two cents. It seems like this discussion tends to
revolve around binary opposites. Scott says, “that two opposite words, like
hot and cold, are defined by each not being the other.” This is essential
binary thinking. From here it is a natural evolution to saying that ‘Cat’ is
defined by what is ‘not cat.’ There is a lot of this in this discussion:
Change and stasis, timelessness and time, etc. However, Scott shortly
mentions that the universe reality is always in a situation of flux. I
wanted draw attention to this seemingly contradicting idea that is not in
fact a contradiction. In this argument, the ‘thesis’ is stasis, while the
‘antithesis’ is complete movement (or whatever negates stasis in binary
opposition). Flux would then be 'synthesis' of these, bouncing between the
two. This is important. Ours is a universe of flux and to attempt to
describe the world in terms of stasis and its negation must, by necessity,
miss the point. Hegel asserted that ‘is’ and its negation ‘is not’ is
resolved in ‘becoming’. I would interject, in regard to MoQ, that ‘is’ and
‘is not’ are static while ‘becoming’ is dynamic. ‘Becoming’ is in a constant
state of flux, composing dynamic quality. It makes no sense to speak of
things in terms of static quality since everything is constantly in motion.
In this framework, one cannot speak of "things" (noun) but of “becoming”
(verb). Instead, every "thing" is in flux, unique and new at every moment. I
would say that every "thing" is becoming. This is why I wanted to draw more
attention and concentration to the idea of flux. It seems important to this
discussion.
Thanks, Max
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