[MD] Socrates: animate and inanimate
Krimel
Krimel at Krimel.com
Sun Dec 2 07:49:09 PST 2007
"He begins by briefly proving the immortality of the soul. A soul is always
in motion and as a self-mover has no beginning. A self-mover is itself the
source of everything else that moves. So, by the same token, it cannot be
destroyed. Bodily objects moved from the outside have no soul, while those
that move from within have a soul. Moving from within, all souls are
self-movers, and hence their immortality is necessary."
-Socrates on the soul
DM: Funny thing is, of course, that it is hard to see anything as not
in fact as both self-moving and open to being moved from other
forces. Rocks might just sit there from a macro-perspective but
when looked at on a micro-scale they are full of activity and
whirling particles, that only happen to sit in one place not
flying off because the forces/movements involved are conflicting
and in balance.
[Krimel]
Or change the time scale and watch rocks roll around, break apart, erode,
crumble, melt and reform.
Zoom in, Zoom out, refocus.
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