On Sun, 19 May 2002, "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As for "mysticism", I believe Robert Musil was onto something >very important when he urged us to see the mystical >not in fuzzy-headedness, but as the heart of the most exacting >scientific and engineering praxis: an engineer *doing* an >engineering design, e.g. Probably not exactly what you meant, but I can agree with that in the sense that I regard true mysticism as bloody difficult, requiring exactly every last bit of all your best qualities - courage, honesty, concentration, determination, precision - and as well the most important and useful work you can do. But that's just me... -Pete Vincent