PHIL 1F90 Lecture : Philosophy T1 L8 Theory of Recollection.docx
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Everything that has an opposite, comes to be from its opposite, and from no other source: ev. All comparisons ^ (end in er ), ones that don"t end in er example awake and asleep, acceleration and deceleration. Things with no opposites: a chair, can have an uncomfortable chair or a comfy chair but it"s still a chair: reciprocity. Socrates, this is universal and necessary unless nature is lame or imperfect . Awake asleep (stay asleep world wouldn"t exist) There will never be a time when nothing will be alive. There is no spontaneous generation (ex nihilo nihil fit). If the living had some other origin than the dead, it would be exhausted and everything would be dead. Everything that has an opposite comes to be from its opposite and form no other source. Therefore, unless nature is lame, dead alive. Dead alive versus death life! Process is p (p) awake asleep (p) fact living dead (p) unless nature is lame,