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Tentatively Christian; looking for a reasonable discussion
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RE: Tentatively Christian; looking for a reasonable discussion
March 24, 2015 at 2:55 pm (This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 3:03 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(March 24, 2015 at 2:16 pm)Nestor Wrote:
(March 24, 2015 at 11:16 am)Mezmo! Wrote: Forms are not physical.
Right. But you also said...
(March 24, 2015 at 11:16 am)Mezmo! Wrote: what is conceived in the intellect partakes of the same form that is manifest in sensible bodies.

Right. Forms manifest in sensible bodies to various degrees of perfection. By means of abstraction the intellect is able to conceive an idea of the form.
(March 24, 2015 at 1:39 pm)Esquilax Wrote: ...provide observations, you certainly can't say that you were working from experience
Anyone can see that things preserve their identity throughout change. This the basic observation analysed by means of reason.

I don't know...maybe you haven't made any personal observations that things that exist or noticed any process of change. In either case you would have no content about which to reason.
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