I realise that there are a lot of 'crackpot' theories about truth and reality
on the internet, but it is easy to show that the Wave Structure of Matter
is the correct solution as it deduces the laws
of Nature (the fundamentals of Physics
& Philosophy)
perfectly (there are no opinions). While the Wave Structure of Matter is
obvious
once known, to begin it will seem strange simply because it takes time
for our minds to adjust to new knowledge.
For those who are religious
/ spiritual, I think Albert
Einstein expresses the enlightened view of God. He writes 'I believe
in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists,
not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.'
This harmony arises from a Wave Structure of Matter in Space (we are all
interconnected in this space that we all commonly experience). This unity
of reality (God, Brahman, Tao, Spirit, Energy, Light, Vibration) is central
to all major world religions, thus their common moral
foundation of 'Do unto others as to thyself' as the other is part of
the self.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a
revolutionary act. (George Orwell)
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. (Mohandas Gandhi)
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
(Edmund Burke)
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. (Thomas Hobbes)
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Chapter Seventeen: John Locke Brief Biography of John Locke: Summary of Ideas, Portrait & Quotes
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Chapter
Seventeen: John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century philosopher concerned primarily
with society and epistemology. An Englishman, Locke's notions of a "government
with the consent of the governed" and man's natural rights—life,
liberty, and estate (property)—had an enormous influence on the development
of political philosophy. His ideas formed the basis for the concepts used
in American law and government, allowing the colonists to justify revolution.
Locke's epistemology and philosophy of mind also had a significant influence
well into the Enlightenment period. Locke has been placed in a group called
the British Empiricists, which includes David Hume and George Berkeley.
Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with Thomas Hobbes.
In his main work, “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” Locke
critiques the philosophy of innate ideas and builds a theory of the mind and
knowledge that gives priority to the senses and experience. His adherence to
this doctrine is what marks him out as an empiricist rather than a rationalist
such as his critic Leibniz. ... (see book for more)
There cannot any one moral Rule be propos'd, whereof a Man may
not justly demand a Reason.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed,
without any other reason but because they are not already common.
Religion,
which should most distinguish us from the beasts, and ought most particularly
elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein
men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts.
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human
perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues. (John Locke)
A lively and concise journey through the central
ideas of thirty famous philosophers. From ancient Indian, Greek and Chinese
Philosophy to modern Western Philosophy, this book explores the changing
foundations of human knowledge and their effect on how we think and live.
Includes full page portraits, brief biographies and selected quotes from
some of the greatest minds of human history on the universal subjects of
Truth, Reality, Nature, Cosmos, Wisdom, Morality, Mind, Education, Politics,
Art, Religion & God.
Written for the lay person, while remaining true to the original ideas, this
is an engaging account of the Metaphysical foundations of Philosophy that is
both illuminating and thought provoking. (Cover Photograph: Plato & Aristotle
- The School of Athens by Raphael)
Philosophy Book Philosophical Sketches: Chapter Headings & Content Summary
"You must be the change you wish to see in the
world."
(Mohandas
Gandhi)
"When
forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence:
Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.
... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially
extended. In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning.
... The particle can only appear as a limited region in space in which
the field strength or the energy density are particularly high. ...
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific conclusions
is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is in all spheres
of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that
no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without
a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined
to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm
and the misguided. ... Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking
if it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein
realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe
- the discrete and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the
intuitions of the ancient
philosophers and mystics.
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