Philosophy
There are primary properties of objects and there are secondary properties. Primary properties are properties of objects that exist irrespective of perception. An example of a primary property would be the square shape of a table. It is a property that can be proven to all observers.

A secondary property of an object is a property that is filtered through perception. An example of this would be taste or color. If I sat down with an alien, we could both come up with very different taste properties for the table, and the alien may see the table as being red, and I may see it as being brown due to differences in the way that our eyes view colors.

Now, if color is a secondary property of an object, then the property of the object requires that perception is present in order for the property to exist. If this is true, then what color was the universe before there was perception to perceive it?

Your first response will be some form of grey scale. But shades of grey are color.

I was confused. Hope you are, too.

Philosophy II
Who you describe as “I” cannot be merely physical. If we took out your brain and put it into a different body, most would agree that the new body is you and not the previous owner.

Who you describe as “I” is not purely spiritual, as if we wipe your memory (the sum of who you are), most would agree that the new person is still you.

“I” must be comprised of a physical and a spiritual part, right? In cases where brains are split down the middle, two distinct entities emerge. Now, if we could transplant each half into its own body, who of the resulting pair is you? If it were physical and spiritual, they both are you. Logically, the question is: How can 1 be 2?

So, if “I” is not merely the physical, it is not merely the spiritual, and it is not a combination of the two, how can we define the self?

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