I. SOPHIE’S INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY--WHO IS SENDING THE ENVELOPES?

II. NEW QUESTION--THE INGENUITY OF LEGOS!!!!

A. WHAT DOES PHILOSOPHY HAVE TO DO WITH LITTLE PLASTIC BUILDING BLOCKS?

B. NOTE HER MOTHER’S REACTION


III. THE ATOMIC THEORY: (BURTON) DEMOCRATUS

A. INVISIBLE SUBSTANCES LINKED IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS LIKE A LARGE PUZZLE

B. A LEGO CAN BE A CAR TODAY, AND A CASTLE TOMORROW

C. THEY CHANGE ACCORDING TO INNATE PATTERNS--INHERENT IN ‘X’ ITSELF

IV. THIS ‘SCIENTIFIC’ THEORY MADE MORE SENSE ULTIMATELY THAN ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS:

V. QUESTION: this is pure nominalism?

A. IS THERE A SPIRITUAL FORCE IN NATURE?

B. X MOVES ACCORDING TO WHAT WILL BE EVENTUALLY BE CALLED NATURAL LAWS.

C. DOES MAN HAVE A SOUL?