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Thus, the basis of physical existence is time and matter, each being useless separately, yet together being the perfect combination of a tangible object and the fluid, forward movement to animate it. Imagine it as a three dimensional painting, matter given depth by time." THUS THE BASIS OF PHYSICAL EXISTENCE IS TIME AND MATTER EACH BEING USELESS SEPARATELY YET TOGETHER BEING THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF A TANGIBLE OBJECT AND THE FLUID FORWARD MOVEMENT TO ANIMATE IT IMAGINE IT AS A THREE DIMENSIONAL PAINTING MATTER GIVEN DEPTH BY TIME
." "Our lives serve as a spectator sport to the gods, then?" I inquired of him. "I am afraid not," he said, "It is much more serious than that. The Greeks were not all wrong, you know." "Who else, I wonder." "Not many," he sighed, "But tell me, are you ready?" "As I'll ever be." "Then I will begin. The understanding of life begins with the understanding of physical existence," Onan said, "And by physical existence I mean the quality of being materially animated. Not to confuse it with consciousness, which is the ability to think and reason, it is rather the realm in which one has substance and continuity. I will call the elements of physical being time and matter, those words representing widely known concepts. Matter provides the raw substance and time gives those lifeless objects a plane of being to exist in. Without time, matter can do nothing except sit in a sterile state, in a vacuum in which nothing could occur; and without matter, time would flow, but nothing would move with it. RE WOULD BE NO HUMAN RESOLUTION TO HUMAN PROBLEMS OUR LIVES SERVE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT TO THE GODS THEN I INQUIRED OF HIM I AM AFRAID NOT HE SAID IT IS MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN THAT THE GREEKS WERE NOT ALL WRONG YOU KNOW WHO ELSE I WONDER NOT MANY HE SIGHED BUT TELL ME ARE YOU READY AS I'LL EVER BE THEN I WILL BEGIN THE UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE BEGINS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL EXISTENCE OMEN SAID AND BY PHYSICAL EXISTENCE I MEAN THE QUALITY OF BEING MATERIALLY ANIMATED NOT TO CONFUSE IT WITH CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO THINK AND REASON IT IS RATHER THE REALM IN WHICH ONE HAS SUBSTANCE AND CONTINUITY I WILL CALL THE ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL BEING TIME AND MATTER THOSE WORDS REPRESENTING WIDELY KNOWN CONCEPTS MATTER PROVIDES THAT RAW SUBSTANCE AND TIME GIVES THOSE LIFELESS OBJECTS A PLAIN OF BEING TO EXIST IN WITHOUT TIME MATTER CAN DO NOTHING EXCEPT SIT IN A STERILE STATE IN A VACUUM IN WHICH NOTHING COULD OCCUR AND WITHOUT MATTER TIME WOULD FLOW BUT NOTHING WOULD MOVE WITH IT
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