It's me, Janet.Evidently we are still locked in the battle between Aristotle and Plato, but I want you to know that I am optimistic that Aristotle will win - in spite of the shape-shifters that would have us believe that the world we observe is merely an imperfect reflection of the 'real' world; that our senses deceive us; that we cannot trust our eyes.
Even Paleolithic man knew better than that. He recorded what he saw - so that future man would see it and know that he saw it. And that he understood reality. The paintings above are not allegories - they are the real thing. They are not shadows on the cave wall - they are paintings. They represent not a nebulous world, but the world of 15,000 years ago. If pre-historic man got it right, then why can't we?
Click on the last line of "Thought for the Day" for a treat.
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