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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Friday, May 30, 2025

SuperEgo Domination w/ No or Lapsed Oedipal Ego Regrets...

What is the Oedipal Complex?  Guilt-Pride at the "Individual" level, of course!  Not at the "Group" level.  It is a technology used by Ego to define your curated Individual's Identities/ Roles under conditions of Profilicity to meet the Group's (General Peer's) expectations. 

from Google AI
In Plato's philosophy, particularly in the dialogue Philebus, the concepts of Limit (peras) and Unlimited (apeiron) play a crucial role in understanding reality, including the nature of Forms. 
Relationship to Forms:
  • Limit and Form: Plato associates the concept of limit with the intelligible and immaterial realm of the Forms. Forms are seen as providing definiteness and structure to things, acting as a principle of unity. This aligns with the idea of limit imposing order and determination.
  • The Indefinite Dyad and the Unlimited: Plato also speaks of the "Indefinite Dyad," a principle of indeterminacy or unlimitedness, thought to correspond to the Unlimited (apeiron). This can be related to the idea of the potential for variation or change within things.
  • Forms as Causes: The Forms serve as the "cause" of the sensible world, lending some kind of existence to ordinary objects. This causation involves the imposition of limit upon the unlimited potentiality of matter. 
How Limit and Unlimited Function:
  • Establishing Being: The imposition of limit upon the unlimited is essential for something to come into true being. Without limit, the unlimited remains indefinite and cannot be known or understood.
  • Definiteness and Structure: Limit provides external and internal boundaries, bringing definiteness to something and providing internal structure. This is how things in the physical world become what they are, by participating in or resembling the Forms.
  • Measure and Harmony: The interplay between limit and unlimited, facilitated by a principle of "measure," creates harmony and intelligibility in the world. This resonates with the Pythagorean influence on Plato, where number (seen as a universal entity of a qualitative kind) is central to ordering the universe

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