Greetings @stevenwood,

How very kind of you to come by and speak to the principle in such a splendid way. To ponder a principle is a delightful way to spend one's time and you have broadened the ponderance......bravo.

There is a story from ancient Greece, fifth century B.C. which may interest you.

First I will give you a thought......there is that which is true and that which is absolute truth.

Now another thought.....if one only thinks in terms of the physical......this way of thinking can only go downhill toward degeneracy.

Accompanied by another thought.....if there is no freedom, there is no circulation of ideas.

Now put before you the Aegean Sea, draw it as a rectangle, inside are hundreds of islands, including Rhodes, on the west coast is what we call today, Turkey, on the east coast Greece, north, Macedonia, to the south, Crete.....at one time it was the centre of the circulation of ideas, such was the flow of ideas. Think Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Solan and many others. Into this circulation of ideas, some of which are true, and some false in which a vacuum is created....comes absolute truth......maths, sciences, and the word of God.

Thank you for opportunity to think on these things.

Appreciate your kind words regarding the above photographs of the Winter season......it is my pleasure to bring them to Steemit.

Wishing you all the best.

Cheers!