Re: Explaining Mind II

From: Loree Thomas (lthomas1@uswest.net)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 15:06:14 MST


Robert Owen wrote (in part):
>
> The word "Mind" is simply used to designate the necessary
> and sufficient Reason for the experience of thoughts. In
> this sense it is a logical construct, and it is unnecessary to
> argue about whether "Mind" exists or not. It is an explanatory
> principle, and as such inexplicable.

Which brings to mind one of my all time favorite poems:

The Brain — is wider than the Sky —
For — put them side by side —
The one the other will contain
With ease — and You — beside —

The Brain is deeper than the sea —
For—hold them—Blue to Blue —
The one the other will absorb —
As Sponges — Buckets —do—

The Brain is just the weight of God —
For — Heft them — Pound for Pound —
And they will differ — if they do —
As Syllable from Sound —

(632, ca. 1862) -- Emily Dickinson

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"Immortality: My long life ambition" -- Loree Thomas
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