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Ep. 23 - Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites

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A Symmetry Is More Important Than Asymmetry

Life is dominated by the effects of a symmetrical forces whose enveloping cosmic existence we sense intuitively. The principle for division and the principle for union are both needed, but they are needed to be brought together, not divided. Certain elements of symmetry may coexist with certain phenomena,. but they are not necessary. What is necessary is that certain elements of symmetry do not exist. It is a symmetry which creates the phenomenon. And he adds the effects produced may be more symmetrical than their causes. In terms of the hemisphere s it's, once more, not a symmetrical, but an a symmetrical arrangement.

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