I. SOPHIE’S INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY--WHO IS SENDING THE ENVELOPES?

II. NEW QUESTION--THE INGENUITY OF LEGOS!!!!

A. WHAT DOES PHILOSOPHY HAVE TO DO WITH LITTLE PLASTIC BUILDING BLOCKS?

B. NOTE HER MOTHER’S REACTION, AND THINK OF A WORDSWORTH POEM THAT EXPRESSES HOW A CHILD OUGHT TO BE SEEN.

III. THE ATOMIC THEORY: (BURTON) OF DEMOCRATUS IRONICALLY WOULD BE OVERSHADOWED BY ARISTOTLE'S ERROR REGARDING THE FOUR ELEMENTS.

A. INVISIBLE SUBSTANCES LINKED IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS LIKE A LARGE PUZZLE

B. A LEGO CAN BE A CAR TODAY, AND A CASTLE TOMORROW. IMPORTANTLY AND AS SOPHIE OBSERVES, PLAY WILL BECOME THE CORNERSTONE OF THE EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTION THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE PEDAGOGICAL RIGIDITY SATIRIZE BY DICKENS IN NOVELS SUCH AS HARD TIMES. THE KINDERGARTEN MOVEMENT WAS BORN FROM THESE REFORMS.

C. THEY CHANGE ACCORDING TO INNATE PATTERNS--INHERENT IN ‘X’ ITSELF

IV. THIS ‘SCIENTIFIC’ THEORY MADE MORE SENSE ULTIMATELY THAN ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS, BUT DEMOCRATUS IS PURELY A NOMINALIST PHILOSOPHICALLY. WHAT IS MISSING THAT IRONICALLY BERKELEY AND KANT WILL UNDERSTAND MUCH LATER? SOPHIE AND HILDE WILL HAVE TO CONFRONT THE SAME DIALECTIC.

A. IS THERE A SPIRITUAL FORCE IN NATURE?

B. X MOVES ACCORDING TO WHAT WILL BE EVENTUALLY BE CALLED NATURAL LAWS.

C. DOES MAN HAVE A SOUL?