(March 24, 2015 at 9:04 am)Mezmo! Wrote: Having already shown that the whole of reality, the All, does not change because it is in full actuality, we must account for why the sensible bodies within reality do. The physical universe, taken as a whole, is one such sensible body that changes. Everyone agrees that something that exists only in potential cannot affect change since only things that actually exist can do anything. Thus no sensible body can come into being on its own. Nor can anything move from potentially being to its actuality except by something that already exists. Therefore since the physical universe continually comes into being, i.e. goes from potential to actuality, it must be subject to something other than itself and which already exists in full actuality.
Isn't the use of the term "body," especially when trying to understand causality, inadequate and outdated? We now know that these "bodies" are really illusory manifestations of quantum particles linked together. When observed individually, these particles defy our understanding of cause and effect, and any attempt to classify and understand reality and its principles that doesn't take into account this behavior on the quantum scale is insufficient.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
