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Old 05-01-2005, 12:21 AM   #14
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Re: Re: Reason and Enlightenment

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Originally Posted by Fully_Sick
where barbarians with big toys and a somewhat developed intellect.
Over there is where!

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Originally Posted by TEXSRT4
its called the threshold of learning.

knowledge dialectic, the idea that great intellectual steps break, and due to that explosion, so then society as a whole benifits. we have nothing, then an idea is created and the world changes. another idea hits and the whole world changes. most of it seems overnight
Dialectic is basically the idea that every thesis leads to an antithesis, thanks to our good buddy socrates. Think of it as Newtons 3rd law of motion for mental processes (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I think you were on the right track but I just found it a little confusing how you tried to explain it so I figured id toss in my 2 cents.
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