Every single individual mouse, whether
caught in a trap or killed by the cat, is an eternal
form. And mice don’t live to be old!
caught in a trap or killed by the cat, is an eternal
form. And mice don’t live to be old!
Long version
Pearl Pirie used the word,
“essentialism”—
supposedly, a belief in the real existence of ideal forms.
supposedly, a belief in the real existence of ideal forms.
I don’t know about “ideal”—I think we can dispense with it.
I believe that people are eternal forms.
Actually, everything that exists for a span of time,
each individual, located configuration of matter and energy,
is an eternal form—
even non-living things
(whatever you may call “life”).
“Truth” is not an eternal form,
because it never had a particular temporal existence—
Jung’s archetypes likewise—
these are just categories for sorting.
I believe that people are eternal forms.
Actually, everything that exists for a span of time,
each individual, located configuration of matter and energy,
is an eternal form—
even non-living things
(whatever you may call “life”).
“Truth” is not an eternal form,
because it never had a particular temporal existence—
Jung’s archetypes likewise—
these are just categories for sorting.
Every single individual mouse,
whether caught in a trap
or killed by the cat,
is an eternal form.
And mice don’t live to be old!
If it seems incredibly boring to exist forever
as the particular person you were—
the particles of your bones growing ever finer as they fly
away from one another in space—
you don’t have to worry about that,
because you are no longer that person.
You are all the forms together now.
whether caught in a trap
or killed by the cat,
is an eternal form.
And mice don’t live to be old!
If it seems incredibly boring to exist forever
as the particular person you were—
the particles of your bones growing ever finer as they fly
away from one another in space—
you don’t have to worry about that,
because you are no longer that person.
You are all the forms together now.
