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

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