metonymy4u

If truth is what corresponds to reality, then certain things must be true (corresponding to reality) such as:

The law of identity (LOI). “Things are what they are.”
The law of non-contradiction (LNC). “Things are not what they are not.”
I think, therefore I am (the cogito). “I am a thinking substance.”

If everything is what it is and nothing else (LOI + LNC) then, beyond a certain point, everything is indivisible. Because if it were divisible, it would be something other than what it is. So let’s divide everything to the point where LOI + LNC are applicable. This also means that things at this level are unchangeable, since to change would violate LOI + LNC. Which means that change is not truth, since it does not correspond to reality. So when we see change, something changing from red to green or from stationary to moving, we are not seeing truth. Change is illusion. But we see change all the time. So we see illusion all the time. So we live in untruth. So we live in illusion. So when I believe myself thinking, that is illusion, because my thoughts often change, and change is an illusion. So I don’t think. So I am not. (LOI + LNC + cogito).

Works for me!

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