¶ Democritus
RBF Definitions
“… When we hear the word ‘atom’ we are hearing Democritus, for it was he who evolved the sound word ‘atom’ to identify his unique metaphysical conclusions in regard to the nature of the physical world. Democritus is as large and as persistent in time dimension as may the word ‘atom’ persist in man’s communicable thought. Because concept ‘atom’ provides our cognition of metaphysically immortal Democritus, the more we think of it the more astonishing it is that we identify man only as the clothes-bedecked chemistry complex through which metaphysical subconsciousness communicates to consciousness of self or others. The error of our spontaneous behavior and cognition is equivalent to our identifying those with whom we communicate via the telephone as being the telephone itself.”
- Citation and context at Brain’s TV Studio (2) + (3), 6 Jun’69
¶ Citations
- Brain’s TV Studio (2) + (3), 6 Jun’69
