Friday, December 25, 2009

How could thought—which is without substance—have influence upon a substantial world?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

we are the substance of our thought

Koona said...

And what about the influences upon thought? Does thought influence thought, or does substance influence thought? If substance is a result of thought, and thought is a result of thought, how is it that we sense the two as distinguishable and separate?

Radigan Neuhalfen said...

The implication of the original line is that there is no causal relationship between thoughts and material, because the existence of free thoughts (and therefore even the existence of identity) is illusory.

"How is it that we sense the two as distinguishable and separate?"

I wrote a book about how the two are logically indistinguishable.