On the Smoke and Mirrors Wielding Powers Sustaining the post-WWII Global Consensus
The Platonic 9th (2nd below) form of motion - Intelligence of controlling "others" exercised through direction (and misdirection) of attention (aka - the 'magic' of sleight of hand)
In Book X of his dialogue Laws, Plato's character the Athenian Stranger identifies ten forms of motion as part of an argument for the existence and priority of the soul. He argues that the soul is the "self-moving" principle, superior to all other types of motion that rely on an external source.
The ten forms of motion, ranked in terms of superiority (with the first being the most primary and powerful), are as follows:
- Change of itself and by others (self-initiated change)
- Self-motion and motion by others (related to the self-moving principle)
- Combination
- Separation
- Growth
- Decay
- Destruction
- Spinning on an axis (circular motion)
- Locomotion (movement from one place to another)
- Motion produced in other things (motion caused by an external force)
The argument ultimately concludes that the soul, as the source of self-motion, is the cause of all other forms of motion and therefore prior to the physical body. This concept forms the foundation for Plato's theological arguments in the Laws.
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