The Pre-Socratics – What is knowledge?
Part I of II
From the very beginning, the Ionians were willing to embrace new ideas and perceptions. In so doing, they were able to shape those ideas and perceptions to new purposes. For example, both Babylonian astronomy and Egyptian geometry were vital as an aid to maritime navigation. Using these tools, in such a revolutionary new manner, allowed them to trade with diverse cultures scattered all around the
djs: Through the new metaphysical model, we obtain a new understanding regarding what knowledge is.
Knowledge is ‘what is’ and in fact knowledge is ‘created’ thus producing ‘what could be’ but ‘isn’t’. Knowledge is the means by which ‘what is’ ‘grows’.
For such a creative process to exist knowledge must not just ‘be’ but knowledge must ‘be known’.
In other words, the verb of action must be applied to the noun of existence. Such a process of ‘creating knowledge’ circumvents Nietzsche’s concept of eternal recurrence.
This new metaphysical model of the individual acting within God suggests the engine of such a dynamic model lies with the concept of multiplicity/individuality.