on such a view as I am putting forward
the activity of the mind defines
mind is defined in its activity -
we might call such an activity - conception -
if so
mind defines itself as conception
- conception - here is a description of what
it does
and this too - conception - is - or can be defined -
further elaborated
for - various purposes
so - simply and briefly I say - 'mind' is just
a name - a description - if you will for - a
certain kind of activity
note - here I am leaving 'the certain kind of
activity' - purposely blank - or as blank as it
can be - in description
to emphasize and point to the fact that we begin
as it were with nothing - nothing in the sense of
definition - of knowledge
we reflect - or this is what I call it - to give
the activity - as with any other activity - definition -
and so on
what I want to say here -
the picture I have is of beginning with nothing -
and reflecting on the activity that - follows -
and from this - knowledge -
the base - the base of humanity - is nothing -
here is the purity of - the foundation of -
what we do -
knowledge - is - I call it reflection
the making of something of nothing -
in the beginning - was not the word
in the beginning is nothing -
the word is the making of - something -
this is not magical -
it is just - pragmatic
action - existence requires in conscious entities -
definition - (reflection) -
language is the given - and necessary - medium
out of this comes the world - we make
this is of course an ideal - theoretical picture
we are born into the action of the world -
and its language -
there is no nothing in reality - only in logic -
in conception - or the logic of conception
still I want to say epistemologically speaking
the ground is pure
or perhaps - ideal
with no presumption - no content -
it is nothing -
here - if you like I am speaking of the soul of man
