c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…positive principle, and the yin, or the negative principle. Interestingly enough, that translation of the I Ching is read by philosopher Leibniz, and from this he invented binary arithmetic, wherein all numbers can be represented by zero and one. And that is…
…number system which consists only of the figures 0 and 1, out of which you can construct any number. And this was invented by Leibniz, who got it from the book of changes. It's amazing how this book is somehow always with us. But this, then is a way…
…see, binary arithmetic comes from the I Ching and therefore the digital computer relates back directly to the I Ching, because Leibniz studied the I Ching in Latin and invented binary arithmetic which we now use. For the computer. So logically, now what…
…yin. You can't get out of it. Make four same all over again. Make five it's the same all over again. This was how Leibniz reasoned an arithmetic that could represent any number using merely zero and one. You say damn it, can't we get out of this. Hey…
…get out of it. Make four, and there's the same all over again. Make five it's the same all over again. This was how Leibniz reasoned an arithmetic that could represent any number using merely zero and one. Damn it. Can't we get out of this. Hey what…
…and the yin, or the negative principle. Interestingly enough, a Latin Translation of the I Ching was read by the philosopher Leibniz, and from this he invented binary arithmetic, wherein all numbers can be represented by zero and one. And that is the…