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~ IDEA  NOTION  OPINION  BELIEF  SCHEME   see> TOPIC
        PERCEPTION  IMPRESSION  even VISION
     A MENTAL REALITY vs REAL MATTER  sug> MOTHER
     IDEA IDEO and SELF ARE INTERTWINED
     med> A FULLY FUNCTIONING MATURE  HUMAN BEING
          GENERATES IDIOSYNCRATIC IDEAS
     he who lacks IDEAS is an IDIOT
     consider VISION vs VISTA  see> REAL
     gr  IDEA  = APPEARANCE from
         IDEIN   TO SEE leads to WISE
     ukr IDEA    IDEA            WIT
         IDE     GOES            VISIT
     eng IDEAL   VISION          VIEW
     note " I SEE " and REALITY are NOT IDENTICAL
     ply> | ONLY GOD HAS PERFECT VISION but
            VISIONARIES may TRANSCEND others |
     hx> PLATO PROPOSED A FUNDAMENTAL AND RELIGIOUS VIEW
         suggesting that an " IDEA "  is an " ARCHETYPE "
     (segments deleted)

     sc> note that contrariwise TO DOGMATISM
          SCIENCE MUST ACCEPT UNCERTAINTY
     SCIENCE CAN REJECT THE FALSE BUT IT CAN NOT REACH
     AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH
     RELIGIONS ARE THEOCENTRIC         sug> DOGMA
     SCIENCE IS HOMOCENTRIC            sug> HUMANISM
     (segments deleted)

     lit+ Mortimer J ADLER [#] in "Philosopher at Large"
          MacMillan Publishing Co New York 1972
     pointed out that RELATIVELY FEW "GREAT IDEAS" HAVE
     EMERGED IN 3000 YEARS   ADLER LED A SCHOLARLY ATTEMPT ...
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     lit+ K MARX [#] is instructive in this respect ...
     "THE CRITICISM OF RELIGION ENDS WITH THE PRECEPT
     THAT THE SUPREME BEING FOR MAN IS MAN ... [92] "
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~ IDES  id+ IDEA OF ADVERSITY         sug> CALAMITY
            THE UNLUCKY 13th          sug> OMEN
  hx> RELATED TO THE MURDER OF
      JULIUS CESAR or CAESAR
  MARCH 13th WAS IN THE ANCIENT ROMAN CALENDAR
  IDES or THE 13th DAY OF ALMOST EVERY MONTH 
  CAESAR WAS MURDERED MARCH 15th.

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