This reminds me of Isaac Asimov's 1, 2, 3, infinity
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > The Leibniz-Taoist solution: Matter is mind, mind is matter > > According to the Dao de jing, the solution to the mind-brain problem is > that it is not a problem. > > Matter is mind, mind is matter is one way of saying it. > > Leibniz said the same, that monads are expressions of material bodies. > > The physical is the nonphysical, the nonphysical is the physical is > another way. > According to modern physics, matter or spacetime emerges from > the nonphysical. > > This was expressed long, long ago in the Dao de jing, > > According to Legge's translations of chapter 42, the Tao Te Ching: > > http://www.yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/daodejing42.php > > "The Dao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; > Three produced All things. > > > Reason begets unity; unity begets duality; duality begets trinity; and > trinity begets the ten thousand things. > > > Tao produces unity; unity produces duality; duality produces trinity; trinity > produces all things." > > > > > Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 5/16/2013 > See my Leibniz site at > http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
