These days it sometimes seems talk about thought is predicated on the notion that it is an entirely mechanical process
The mind is a most marvellous machine but unlike a computer the mind is also conscious meaning incipiently free to denote, choose, designate and all the other things that add up to the scintilla of freedom which is our most precious and sacred treasure for it enables us to choose the very values that determine good and evil in action This consciousness is known by an awareness of its presence its operation and its inherent capacity which is to guide and enable action (which includes thought) To speak of complex mental dynamics as if this island of freedom and awareness and control is nonexistent is a sad diminution of who we are and what we are about
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