Thursday, May 27, 2010

3,2,1... Action!

3) Percepts are the qualities of the objects that we perceive with our senses.

Concepts are the ideas that we conceive form those perceptions.

2) Percepts mostly rely on our senses.

Concepts, on the other hand, depend on the higher intellectual functions called "abstraction".

1) Differences between objects are mostly perceptual;

While the similarities are mostly conceptual.

For instance, consider an orange and a banana:

As far as the differences are concerned; they differ in their shape, color, smell and taste, etc. All perceptual.

But as for similarities; they are both fruit, edible, food, etc. All conceptual.

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In our everyday interpersonal life, if we always find ourselves focusing on the differences rather than similarities, we might want to take a closer look at our intellectual abilities.

Monday, May 3, 2010

To all the ever-fighting couples who are madly in love!

ز آتش پنهان عشق هر که شد افروخته
دود نخیزد از او چون نفس سوخته

دلبر بی خشم و کین گلبن بی رنگ و بوست
دلکش پروانه نیست شمع نیفروخته

مایه ی آرام دل چشم هوس بستن است
ازتپش آسوده است باز نظر دوخته

آمد و آورد باز از سر کویش کلیم
بال و پر ریخته جان و دل سوخته

Us!


Saturday, May 1, 2010