One more whack at the OT dead horse, this morsel is too rich to consume by myself:
"CARTESIAN, adg. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am"; as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made." >From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY by Ambrose Bierce Dan On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Arto Wikla wrote: > Dear lutenists, > > after having read every now and then some quite strong opinions "how it > really is" here in our List, I cannot resist posting a perhaps slightly OT > message, but there is a great wisdom in a comment by Charles Bukowski: > > "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts > while the stupid ones are full of confidence." > > Actually that is very pessimistic, but anyhow > all the best, > Arto -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
