Greetings, Joe --
[Joe]
> Unfortunately DQ is indefinable, yet basic to metaphysics. Does
> metaphysics include mathematics? Yes! Then mathematics in some way has
> to be understood metaphorically, when used to describe evolution.
> Four levels of evolution is a metaphor. To put semantics outside of
> metaphysics is to- mean anything I like. If 1 divided by 0 doesn?t
> make sense, would you suggest a better metaphor for the boundaries of
> evolution?
[Ham]
I can understand your quandary, as I have also gone through this
process.
Unfortunately
numbers won't resolve the riddle of existence. That is, one can't
construct an equation, such as 1 divided by 0 = finitude, or infinity
divided by infinity = 1, and claim that it represents a metaphysical
concept.
The point to remember is that mathematics, like logic, is based on man's
relational perspective of reality. Physical existence is a relational
system in which everything relates to everything else, and the sum total
of things is perceived as the Whole. But that perception is not
metaphysically valid. The "Whole" -- whether you call it DQ, God, or
Essence -- is not a totality of "things", nor is it nothing (zero). It
is a source of things (or events), but not the things or events
themselves.
[Ron]
Nice to have you back Ham, good post.
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