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Originally Posted by peacegirl
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Originally Posted by LadyShea
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Simply because the entelechy of A and B develops into the consciousness of
C, which permits the recognition of individuality, does not negate the
substance from which C is derived
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So A and B are gametes, right? And C is the child? Why did Lessans use the philosophical term entelechy, rather than a concrete scientific term? There are several definitions of entelechy, which was Lessans using? What is the "substance" from which C is derived? You have never given a consistent definition of germinal substance before, can you do so now?
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Even if all the individual characteristics lie potential in the germinal substance, this still has nothing to do with consciousness which is not an individual
characteristic like your face.
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How is that the case? Consciousness is an individual characteristic if you accept that it arises from a living brain and each brain is individual. How can the individual brain produce a non individual characteristic?
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The word ‘I’ or ‘you’ not only reveals this individual difference between yourself and others, but your consciousness of this.
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The words I and you simply replace proper nouns in the English language. They don't reveal anything. They are just words, not reality (to use one of Lessans phrases). Without a referent they are meaningless words.
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There is no actual difference between the potential YOU who died one month after birth, the YOU who will die in a relatively short period of time, or the YOU who lived for many years.
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Of course there are actual differences if these YOUs refer to different individual people, which they must because the same individual cannot have three different lifespans.
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If you had died a hundred thousand times in the uterus of
somebody, eventually YOU, which is a word describing the
consciousness of differences about yourself after your parents create
you, would have been born..
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No, the word You does not describe the consciousness of differences...the word You refers to the particular person being spoken to in the English language. |
Again, it's your attitude that is preventing you from understanding any part of this chapter. You have already dismissed it as nonsense, and therefore it will be nonsense to you. Your mind is already made up, which is why it's virtually impossible for me to get this concept across. |
Translation: You can't respond intelligently so attack my attitude (tone) instead.
My attitude shouldn't have anything to do with demonstrating the information, right? You are not stupid, you just said so. Can you respond to my valid points, or will they stand unopposed?