I just read this from Wikipedia:
Ionian school
The earliest Pre-Socratic philosophers, the Ionian material monists, sought to explain all of nature (physis) in terms of one unifying arche. Among the material monists were the three Milesian philosophers: Thales, who believed that everything was composed of water; Anaximander, who believed it was apeiron; and Anaximenes, who believed it was air. This is considered as a permanent substance or either one or more which is conserved in the generation of rest of it. From this all things first come to be and into this they are resolved in a final state. This source of entity is always preserved.[17] Although their theories were primitive, these philosophers were the first to give an explanation of the physical world without referencing the supernatural; this opened the way for much of modern science (and philosophy), which has the same goal of explaining the world without dependence on the supernatural.[18]
My first and immediate thought was, “Nope! I’m throwing my name into the hat! Logos! Which is Logic and Love. That is the one unifying arche! I believe Apeiron is Logos… which is Logic = Love. Logic is the Progression and Science of Love and Love is the Sensation one feels from Logos. In its most Purified Form, Logos is Truth… which is also Pure Love… which is also Pure Logic. Freedom is required to obtain this status.
I also believe that Love is The Strong Force in Physics. And is also “The Force of Forward Momentum.” But, again, Love is the Sensation of that Forward Momentum (Growth). Logic is the Law and Rule, the Science of the Sequence of Love (that Forward Momentum), and Truth is the Purist State of Logic… or Love… I can keep going around and around with this… all day long!
Oh! Also! This is The First Principle!
That was fun 🙂
Yeah… I’m enjoying my Hermit Cave today. I think I really needed to close the world out and just isolate with my thoughts.