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Monday, February 11
Every circle is perfect, in it's own impossible way.
From metaphysics, we know that certain concepts of geometry, such as the concept of a circle (i.e., a line equidistant from a point) is something which does not really exist, at least not in the physical world. All physical circles (e.g., wheels, drawings of circles) are not perfectly round. Yet our minds can conceive of a perfect circle. Philosophically speaking, since this concept can not come from the physical world it must instead come from an ideal world. Through any three points, not all on the same line, there lies a unique circle. To take this one step further, imagine that two people meet at a certain time and place and their interaction, the resulting new entity, the relationship, becomes a third point. Now we have three points and can conceive of a circle connecting these three entities. Something new exists: a new, perfect, and previously impossible connection.
Each day we should pay attention to the new creation that arises when we pay attention to the other point in our equation and to the circle that is created, enveloping us in something new.
