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Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church

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3.12 a symbol can be perceived, remembered, fantasized, dreamt, etc.<br />

3.2 all thought, language <strong>and</strong> communication are in symbolic imagery<br />

3.3 a symbol can be either simpler, or more complex, than its referent<br />

3.31 metaphors are overlapping symbols<br />

3.32 parables are metaphorical stories<br />

3.4 images can symbolize:<br />

3.41 other imagery<br />

3.42 other symbols<br />

3.421 by definition: lexica, axioms, criteria<br />

3.422 empirically: encyclopedias, information symbols<br />

3.423 by stipulation <strong>of</strong> criteria<br />

3.4231 ethics<br />

3.4232 art<br />

3.4232 music<br />

3.43 comparisons <strong>and</strong> modifications among images<br />

3.431 qualitative: humanities, the arts<br />

3.432 quantitative: mathematics, the sciences<br />

3.44 propositional operations on symbols<br />

3.441 predication (assertion)<br />

3.442 conjunction, negation (truth-tables)<br />

3.443 relations<br />

3.45 programmatic operations on symbols<br />

3.451 analog (practicality)<br />

3.452 digital (computation)<br />

3.46 persons<br />

3.461 life is analog<br />

3.5 ‘the logos <strong>of</strong> x’ = ‘the arrangement/design <strong>of</strong> x’<br />

3.6 ‘the logos <strong>of</strong> «x»’ = ‘the symbolism <strong>of</strong> «x»’<br />

3.7 logos = arrangement + symbolism<br />

4. People are incarnate egos/angels/spirits<br />

4.1 a person is a conscious/reflective complex <strong>of</strong> imagery<br />

4.11 NB mirrors are themselves images which reflect other imagery<br />

4.12 thus we perceive ourselves as reflecting complexes <strong>of</strong> imagery<br />

4.2 its imagery is within the ego (as its content)<br />

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