Tag Archives: Plato’s Cave

Raphael the Painter

Posted on October 25, 2006 by PlatoHagel

By ‘dilating’ and ‘expanding’ the scope of our attention we not only discover that ‘form is emptiness’ (the donut has a hole), but also that ’emptiness is form’ (objects precipitate out of the larger ‘space’) – to use Buddhist terminology. … Continue reading →

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Coxeter and Plato’s Cave

Posted on September 12, 2006 by PlatoHagel

IN Beyond the Dance of the Sun I give an image of Plato’s Cave for consideration, about dimensinal perspectve. This is not only held in my mind in terms of what free people are chained in their perspectives, but I … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Dance of the Sun

Posted on September 6, 2006 by PlatoHagel

When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better. In fact, you want … Continue reading →

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Basis of Reality by Geometric Design?

Posted on May 6, 2006 by PlatoHagel

I would like to continually like to remind one of Plato’s cave. If the sun is behind us, how do you relate what is seen dimensionally, and describe it from first principles? The shadows are used in a way to … Continue reading →

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Abraham Maslow and Peak Experience

Posted on April 18, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“The worst disease afflicting human kind is hardening of the categories.” – Artist Bob Miller. Well I having been watching the topics ofCategorically Not site created. I see such fine visitations by those who have ventured into the science, asking … Continue reading →

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Thematic Resolutions

Posted on June 21, 2005 by PlatoHagel

It is of course with some concern that any scientific mind, held to the established rules of his organizational, “motto of acceptance of the stringent rules of science” would allow such room, as to embue the human being with qualities … Continue reading →

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Why No New Einstein

Posted on June 10, 2005 by PlatoHagel

To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.. -Plato, The Republic (Book VII) The inference of dimensional attributes scares many good minds away from the matters at hand?:) Lubos Motl: The only … Continue reading →

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Developing Character in Rhetoric and Composition

Posted on May 4, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626)—–although not a rhetorician, contributed to the field in his writings. One of the concerns of the age was to find a suitable style for the discussion of scientific topics, which needed above all a clear … Continue reading →

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Searching for Extra Dimensions

Posted on March 27, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Sometimes you have to venture further into the logic of strings to see where these applications are revealling themselves for consideration first and then work from the idea of compacted states and the relevance of dimensial attributes for consideration? Here … Continue reading →

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Shadows in Plato’s Cave

Posted on January 26, 2005 by PlatoHagel

Earlier I referred to the work of Thomas Banchoff for consideration in how he interprets the computer screen and the graphics that he works with. I also brought forward the question of illusions and Miracles in the following article . … Continue reading →

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