This is a clever mix of geometry and word. I can see several ways of reading it.
Putting aside one Logos and thinking instead with Plato: fleshword would be analogous to formForm where the particular individual form (person, thing, or quality) reflects the eternal Form. The cones would then be the eternal Form in the form realm, separated by the divided line between the real (according to Plato) and the apparent, and the other the phenomenal, sensual realm.
In this way of thinking, the philosopher king who rules by reason would embody logos in his/her particular life--mirroring and revealing the pure Logos of the form realm in earthly form...
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This is a clever mix of geometry and word. I can see several ways of reading it.
Putting aside one Logos and thinking instead with Plato: fleshword would be analogous to formForm where the particular individual form (person, thing, or quality) reflects the eternal Form. The cones would then be the eternal Form in the form realm, separated by the divided line between the real (according to Plato) and the apparent, and the other the phenomenal, sensual realm.
In this way of thinking, the philosopher king who rules by reason would embody logos in his/her particular life--mirroring and revealing the pure Logos of the form realm in earthly form...
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