The only laws of matter are thosewhich our minds must fabricate,and the only
laws of mindare fabricated for it by matter.- James Clerk Maxwell
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I have heard of Zen Koans, but never one in which you get to eat your cake J
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Thanks Freqflyer,
It's interesting for me because in some respects, Roger seems like a shadow
version of myself in that we are both driven by a similar cranksessive
motivation to focus on the particulars of the Hard Problem. Having had no
exposure to speak of in philosophy generally or Leibniz
On 8/4/2013 12:12 AM, scerir wrote:
The only laws of matter are those
which our minds must fabricate,
and the only laws of mind
are fabricated for it by matter.
- James Clerk Maxwell
Good quote. Do you know the source?
Brent
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On 8/4/2013 12:12 AM, scerir wrote:
The only laws of matter are those
which our minds must
fabricate,
and the only laws of
mind
are fabricated for it
by matter.
- James Clerk Maxwell
Good quote. Do
Hey Craig!
I think everyone who participates in this list has (to greater or lesser
degrees), those 'cranksessive' motivations to understand reality, and ALL
OF IT, with no remainder, (hence, the everything of the Everything list.)
Also, I am quite sympathetic to your approach in solving it --
The source for the quote given by Maxwell is found here:
Usually you can track down the source of any genuine quote by entering it
on books.google.com, this one shows up here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zfM8IAAJlpg=PP1pg=PA383
It's from an essay Maxwell wrote called Analogies in Nature, which begins
on this page (two pages are missing from
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