PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Tao Te Ching, Mnemonic, Frances Yates
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Came to mean any criterion by which the value of something is measured. It is the myth of pythagoras that has had such an influence on the way many people in western culture think about the world. One of the central feature of the pythagorean myth is that he founded a semi-secret society in italy. The concept of harmony is central in pythagorean thought. Reality has a mathematical order; found by relations between math and music. Virtue of unity vs chaos; opposing tendencies in experiences ie. dark vs light, good vs evil. A problem felt by every person is how to reconcile the discordant state of affairs we normally experience with the one that we value. A conception of the process of creation: the universe is initially a unity that becomes differentiated into pairs of opposites; from unity to differentiation to integration.
