"....the one-liner tope can be very effective ..." - fran fran, I couldn't find an appropriate definition for the word 'tope' for the context in which you used it. Was it a typo?...a different language?....help! Thanks. OM
On May 15, 1:37 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > This thread is a good example of a general deterioration in the > quality of discussion and debate on the 'Eye recently. One-line > assertions, unsupported by any kind of logical argument, factual > grounding or authoritative underpinning, do not invite to a > development and deepening of themes, rather to mutual slogan-slinging. > > This is not to say that every entry in a discussion has to be a > discourse; the one-liner tope can be very effective in the context of > a good discussion - gabby frequently (not always :-)) achieves a > surgical precision here - but like any good rhetorical/discussive > device works best when used sparingly and discerningly. Otherwise, we > could all just as well abandon Minds Eye and move to Twitter. > Alternatively, we could all become zen masters and talk to each other > in koans. > > paw's initial statement here begs so many questions as to become > almost meaningless. What do you mean by God? What is this [upper case] > "Glorifying" you are talking about? How does this benefit us? Does it > benefit God? What is obvious about this? > > Wittgenstein ended the "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" with the > sentence, "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen / > Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." At the moment, > reading many posts here, I incline towards the one-liner: > > If you've got nothing to say, then say nothing. > > Francis > > On 14 Mai, 02:28, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The purpose of Life is to Glorify God, obviously- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
