Metaphysics
The term metaphysics came from the writings of Aristotle that came after his writings on physics. Traditionally, metaphysics refers to the branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the nature of all reality, whether visible or invisible. It seeks a description so basic, so essentially simple, and so all-inclusive that it applies to everything, whether divine or human or anything else. It attempts to tell what anything must be like in order to be at all. Philosophers generally divide reality into two halves, mind and matter (extended and unexpended reality) and do not emphasize such distinctions within the mind half as spirit and soul.But what is reality is there a visible and an invisible world, or are we just atoms and when we did our atoms go into the ground and form something new. This is the feud Plato and Lucretus had. Plato was one of the most complex philosophers, at first glance. But when you look into It and try to understand it you begin to se what he is talking about it is not so complex anymore. He wrote " The Allegory of the Cave" He said that there are two realms, an Ideal world and a Physical world. The Physical world is the world we live in, it is imperfect, and it changes, and ages, the phy
sical world is also temporary. The Ideal world is the complete opposite; it is perfect timeless, and permanent. Plato explains this like this; he says that there is you starring at a wall and there are puppets getting shined on by a fire and there is a projection on the wall that you are staring at. God is the fire and we are staring at the shadows and the shadows are the physical world, which we see, and the puppets that we can't see is the ideal world. This I s a very watered down version of the story but I think it get my point across. Lucretus was a different opinion he says that there is no god we are just a whole bunch of atoms, moving around, and just by chance that atom made us. When we die the atoms fall apart and make something new. So therefore we should not feat death, or anything because there is nothing that goes on after this world to look forward to just your atoms falling into the ground and you will just be gone. It seems as though religious faith could also be a genuine option. It is forced, you ultimately have to decide, because seemingly choosing to be an agnostic and choosing not to choose, you've still spoken volumes. Choosing to have no part in religious faith in itself seems to be choosing. It can be an option of the live kind, for almost everyone, I believe. Even Tarzan, who was ra
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