Hello Yigal: Thanks for your comments.
I don't have a problem with it; but I would think dissent plenty would rise up against that conclusion; namely, that language can achieve but approximation, versus precision. fascinating indeed. regards, fred burlingame. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Yigal Levin <[email protected]>wrote: > In short - yes. > > > Yigal Levin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fred burlingame > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:56 AM > To: B-Hebrew > Subject: [b-hebrew] art vs. science > > Hello all: > > a. countless permutations exist for assembling the billions of parts that > comprised the moon mission. but only one narrow, precise, assembly of those > parts yielded a correct & successful mission. > > http://www.marklarson.com/genecernan/images/cernan_moon.jpg > > b. likewise, numerous different & competing translations of the masoretic > text exist. but agreement as to one correct translation occurs not. > > http://www.biblestudytools.com/cjb/proverbs/passage.aspx?q=proverbs+12:2-22 > > and is that the difference between art & science? the former allows the > consumer to choose whatever truth suits him. but the latter > imposes a single truth on the consumer. > > Can it be? the art of the masoretic text teaches "choose whatever word > meanings suit you; and be happy;" whereas science instructs: "choose > carefully and wisely, lest you crash ... and burn." > > the science of numbers encodes precision; but the art of language achieves > but approximation? > > regards, > > fred burlingame > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
