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Ep. 23 - Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites

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The Coupling of Opposite Is Not Contradictory to Reason

At the foundation of everything is this opposition, recognized from empedocles. To geta between love and strife, we need the n of division and union,. The union of multiplicity and unity. We need not difference, an union but the union of the two. And replace straight lines with helioses, which incorporate an acknowledgment of the coincidence of opposites. There's always ange and growth, not mere repetition as the image of the circle risks suggesting. I have stressed that we must not be tempted, left hemisphere fashion, to resolve the necessary tension by pretendingon of the pairs of opposites can safely be dispensed with or is not real. Denying the concealed opposite

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