PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Contiguity, Averroes, Tao Te Ching
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Touchstones: originally referred to a stone used to test the quality of golf or silver because of the mark it left on them: came to mean any criterion by which the value of something is measured. Pythagoras (570-495 bc: greek mathematician, philosopher, described as having miraculous powers, and was referred to as the incarnation of apollo, the greek god most associated with otherworldly wisdom. Founded a semi-secret society in italy based around harmony that ordered the universe: discovered mathematical relationships in every day experiences, unity: wholeness and oneness, a simplicity that is perfect. Pythagoreans were convinced of this virtue: cosmology: the study of the structure and development of the universe. Pythagorean cosmology: the universe is initially a unity that becomes differentiated into pairs of opposites which are then reunited or harmonized to generate the various forms of life we witness. We don"t experience things that are unlimited.
