schopenhauer's light paradox

[schope]

Omne lumen potest extingui;
Intellectus est lumen;
Intellectus potest extingui.


All light can be eliminated;
Inteligence is light;
Inteligence can be eliminated.

[Lucon]

How is that a paradox?

[pv=nrt]

maybe it should be

Inteligence cannot be eliminated

otherwise it's just one of those logical conclusions

[Lucon]

It's not really a logical conclusion at all, since intelligence isn't light.

[pv=nrt]

I saw it as a metaphor. Maybe I am completely barking up the wrong tree.

[Bioture]

All light can be eliminated;

Eliminate the sun. I dare you motherfucker.

[schope]

Eliminate the sun. I dare you motherfucker.

Sun is not light. light comes from sun. you dont need at all to to destroy or eliminate the source to end its light

[Bioture]

but you can't really "destroy" of "end" light - you can't destroy or create energy.

but physically, you can only block light out, does that count as destroying? Because you can't make a "black" blub that functions visa versa than that of a normal bulb.

[schope]

but you can't really "destroy" of "end" light - you can't destroy or create energy.

but physically, you can only block light out, does that count as destroying? Because you can't make a "black" blub that functions visa versa than that of a normal bulb.

dont play with synonims. if you block light, at for example an eclipse. you just eliminate all sun light. its the same thing

[Superted]

Ok, so how is Intelligence = light?

[Bioture]

dont play with synonims. if you block light, at for example an eclipse. you just eliminate all sun light. its the same thing

Ok so by eliminate he doesn't mean "destroyed" but rather "blocked"? But doesn't that mean technically that light will still be there? (going back to your eclipse example?)

[Fit of Rage]

The use of a metaphor automatically eliminates the whole statement from logical premises.

[PH]

Useless Crap threads are not designed to make you think. I request that you all say something stupid to cement this thread's place in UC. I'll start.

GHB = HEN

[Jeenyuss]

ok yha sure pure hentred

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[froedrick]

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