2012 Daily

Author: Confucius (孔夫子); translated by James Legge

The Master said, Men of old had three failings, which have, perhaps, died out to-day. Ambitious men of old were not nice; now they are unprincipled. Stern men of old were hard; now they are quarrelsome. Ignorant men of old were straight; now they are false. That is all.

陽貨第十七

BOOK XVII

Author: Confucius (孔夫子); translated by James Legge

Confucius said, Love is to mete out five things to all below heaven: Modesty and bounty, truth, earnestness and kindness. Modesty escapes insult: bounty wins the many; truth gains men's trust; earnestness brings success; and kindness is enough to make men work.

陽貨第十七

BOOK XVII

Physics as Infinite-dimensional Geometry IV: Weak Form of Electric-Magnetic Duality and Its Implications (by Matti Pitkänen): Abstract: The notion of electric-magnetic duality emerged already two decades ago in the attempts to formulate the Kähler geometry of the "world of classical worlds". Quite recently a considerable step of progress took place in the understanding of this notion. This concept leads to the identification of the physical particles as string like objects defined by magnetic charged wormhole throats connected by magnetic flux tubes.

“The Miracle of Existence According to Theoretical Physicist Matti Pitkänen” Editorial Comment (by Philip E. Gibbs, Arkadiusz Jadczyk, Dainis Zeps): Abstract: In this focus issue of Prespacetime Journal we present a series of Matti Pitkänen’s papers under the headline “The miracle of existence according to theoretical physicist Matti Pitkänen. 30 years of independent research” representing development of this TGD approach in theoretical physics during the latest year of research.

An Intuitionist Reinterpretation of the Science Method, Deduction and Induction in Hegel-friendly Terms (by Stephen P. Smith): Abstract: I hypothesize that it is the feeling that sources the middle term that allows exploration into Kant’s synthetic (an avenue Hegel and Husserl pursued), and this exploration is done by noting the intuitionist connections to deduction and induction. The deductive process goes through two Hegelian negations before returning itself to source. Otherwise, the principle of excluded middle cannot be justified as Husserl noted.