veridical experience
shows us particulars in universals -
the instability or the relativism of this leads to
a search for foundation - for stability
the mega Platonic Form
or
the final atom
the search for such is not I think based on some
knowledge (perhaps in a Platonic sense of recollection)
of the existence of such a state
but rather it is a consequence of
'seeing what is not'
that is - regarding existence - as is - as pointing
to something - other than itself
now you can regard this as being the source of all
knowledge - or as a sign of the essential (metaphysical)
perversity of human consciousness
on the latter view - knowledge (of whatever kind) -
is in fact the affirmation of the negative
