"Essence preceeds Existence"... This was one of Banachs main idea in the second part of his lecture. What Banach was trying to say was that for something to exist, essence must first persuede the creator who has made what is existing. Or if something has already existed but is flawed and the creator then comes up with an idea of essence that helps improve or help to become more convenient. The author used a pair of scissors as an example. He was suggesting, i say suggesting because we dont necessarily know this is true, that the creator of scissors, like all other great men of inventions, had saw the lack of greatness in a quality product and decided to tweak or improve with thoughts of their own. I suppose that connecting this to Banach's first part of his lecture would mean that the creator he is generally speaking of must first see dissapointment in that existing object in they're eyes but maybe not in the eyes of other people. This reminds me of once again us being refered to as "absolute individuals". We are all different and see things differently. Some may even choose to see things over others by choice when focused on, such as a pair of flawed paper cutters that can be tweaked and evolved into the modern infamous pair of scissors.
I like Mateo's question “Does the outside world affect your freedom?” This question ties into Banach's lecture tremendously as everyone is supposedly captivated by there own strength and mind. In the longrun, for anyone, there are no limits. Everyone is allowed to do so. Although to this day society chooses to mold and perfect a set of unflawed rules and laws that we as humans are forced to abide by. Its anyone's choice to break those laws, its whether we get "caught" for them and are forcefully punished for those actions. As Americans we are told that we are free and have that privilege when compared to other places. But to live in a world full of rules that we must practice each and every day, does that make us completely free? In the end all i could do was answer Mateo's question with another question. My answer began to lead to a political opinion being expressed, which is a road i dont wanna go down. SO i end this post here before i ramble on.
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But you rambling could have turned out to be so interesting! I like how you think and write Chris. I hadn't made a connection the way you had between the scissors and people. Yet you made me think about cookie cutters because if we were all the same, it'd be like a batch of cookies all cut out with the same cookie cutter.
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