Sophia

Sophia- the Greek word for the mind. What exactly should this encompass? Wisdom, intellect, rationality? "I think, therefore I am."  There are pitfalls with all of these definitions. I don't want to attempt to define wisdom or rationality; I am not an expert with either. Let's try Sophia- the development of concepts beyond the Soma.

Baseball, hot dogs and apple pie.  All material things belonging to Soma.  However, as a metaphor for quintessential Americana, they can also be Sophia.   Truth, Justice and the American way. Sophia. Superman?  Superman would be an Archetype.  Undoubtedly Sophia, sweet Sophia.  Dark matter or  Higgs-Boson?  How wonderful to concieve such marvolous ideas!  Rationality, wisdom, concepts and theories. Sigh.    http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/06/dark-matter/  I MUST read more about this! Argh. Focus. Focus. Focus.
  Note to self: Never blog about anything that requires more than five minutes of thought.  Too much sustained thought is dangerous.
Ok. I will focus and try to wrap this up.  I am boring myself.

“Let me ask you outright, gentle reader, if there have not been hours, indeed whole days and weeks of your life, during which all your usual activities were painfully repugnant, and everything you believed in and valued seemed foolish and worthless?”― Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

Soma: Part 2

Let's look at some examples of Soma.
Body in Motion  and Body at Rest. Both are examples of Soma.  Is one better than the other? More appealing? Perhaps, but this discussion is not about beauty or moral values.  This discussion is about Art, which should not be hindered by such considerations.
Yes, I know that I said that soma requires a living body. A corpse is a material object, not a living object. However, other beings can experience the sight, the smell and the touch of the corpse.
So, soma encompasses the physical world including the inanimate; but only living beings can experience soma.

Now, let's look at Sophia.