Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Must anything, everything, something always be corporeal? Are such "things" as love, truth, justice, honor not things at all? What are they?
Well, I'm hedging a bit, but I would call them concepts to be understood rather than words to be defined.
But principles are real, even if not corporeal.
Truth is the conformity of the mind to that which exists; love is an act as well as a feeling---but books have been written on it and I chose not to compete with such authors---the other two I will leave for someone else to take a crack at.
How do you know that what you perceive to be the "truth" is or isn't? Lotsa expert LIARS abound and sometimes there is no way to test things. You just have to take someone's word for it. That's why we rely on "experts". Except they very often disagree among themselves leaving us more perplexed than we were before. Whom to believe and what to believe? Some folks are better at it than others. Anyway I digress. A concept..abstract...existing only in the mind. That is not a thing, right? We must be able to touch/see "things" for them to be "things". So where did the abstract concepts originate tom? If they are unseen,evanescent and figmentary how did they come into "being" without our seeing them? A chair that you can sit on cannot be lied about. It is there. But love or truth or honor or justice is always being lied about which makes them hard to prove or disprove. Oh well. Maybe one day there will be a huge period of ENLIGHTENMENT again only this time we will truly be enlightened! Till that day arrives hang in there. Be of good cheer. Deliverance/salvation may be nearer than we think! Or extinction! :(Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at June 10, 2018 2:30 AM MDT
tom jackson 