[MD] Platt's Individual Level

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting David <davidbeck at houston.rr.com>:

> 
> 
> Gene said:
> > "Not inseperable" as in seperable. As in the exact opposite of the idea
> > you are pushing. So no, you do not agree.
> 
> [Platt]
> You say ideas can be separated from individuals. Prove it.
>  
> 
> [David]
> I won't try to say I can prove it but I think there is something worthy to
> consider here.  A person's ideas come from thoughts about things (objects,
> phenomena). Without any things to think about you can't very well have an
> idea.  This of course is not some original thought of mine, I have heard
> this discussed in Buddhism and it is said that because of this a person's
> thoughts really don't belong to them.  So if a person's thoughts are not
> their own can you really say that an idea belongs to an individual? 

This seems to say without a universe there would be no ideas. I agree.

Regards,
Platt






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