Aug 30

Welcome Internet Neighbours!
Why am I writing & producing the graphic essay, ‘Bud The Brain, which shall shortly be available for downloading as well as in paperback form?’
Inquiries, criticisms & discussions not only welcome but encouraged!
Baruch de Spinoza says the duty of a philosopher is to
1) Taste union with nature
2) Produce true ideas in himself
3) Makes these ideas known to his neighbours
*This is a paraphrase from God Man & His Well Being,  Curley trans
Chp XXVI Collected Works, Princeton, NJ 1985

       ‘Bud the Brain Explores The Question Of Existence’. When I was young I tried to find the answer to why we exist, in religion. Now that I am 72, nearing the end of my journey, my questions are more modest. I am content with ‘how we exist, asking science and philosophy. The finite cannot explain the infinite but only stand in awe & gratitude.
 After years of academic frustration, I found that graphics can free me somewhat from the tyranny of language.
        As time goes on I shall probably add to this preface. Thanks for reading.

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Aug 5
      Here’s the Comment from Noveseidue, submitted on 2010/06/04 at 2:30pm -
     As Spinoza says, ” …science which does not consist in convictions based on reasons but in immediate union with the thing itself…” This means only that the foundation of science is based upon an immediate union and not upon a convinction. If science is intuitive or not is not the case. Maturing a convinction is possible only through an immediate union with what has been proven being the first axiom. The Immediate stands for : ” without the mediation of what is imperfect” in order to be in contact with the real nature of things as they are in themselves
     My Response – Sory for such a late reply to your comments. My server buried them in spam and after going through 84 possible spams, I discovered what you said.  Particularly, “If science is intuitive or not is not the case…” Wittgenstein said: “Intuition is an unnecessary shuffle.” I am not talking abut intuition but rather what the ancient Greeks called, “demonstation.” (See p. 40 in my recent post, ‘Bud The Brain Explores Existence.” I appreciate your visit to my blog. I shall visit yours. Dick
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