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At breakfast, my nine year-old son says there are perfect versions
of things beyond earth, like a circle, like us. I ask if he learned this
at school, but he replies no. I was just thinking about it. Like Plato,
I say, you’ve stumbled upon the world of Ideals—and he nods,
continues eating his cereal. The morning more perfect, here,
than any conjured heaven.
That’s cool, but you should check whether he managed to spell “simulacra” or “solipsism” with his ABC cereal. That one should be a cause for concern 🙂
Did you make sure and tell him “No?”
Better to listen to children and draw them out then squash them with an answer from authority (like”No”).
Children are not studying for a test at breakfast, they are learning that it is OK to think about big things and talk about issues larger than the toy in the cereal.
Life is more about asking good questions, than knowing the answers.
:-Dan