Heh reminds me of why I left Paganism for Sikhi. The majority of Pagans I know live in a differant world it seems from the rest of us. A world inhabited by dreams of how we should be rather than how we are now and what we can do abut it. I call this the 'fluffy bunny' syndrome, and yes I was one of them for a bloody long time.
On 9 Sep, 17:42, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps sophistic was not accurate. Having thought some more let me > use naive instead. > > When I was a teenager, in the 1960s, oft times a group would get > together, smoke a little dope, drink a little wine and ponder the > universe and the big questions. What we came up with felt profound at > the time but now it looks like what it was, naive. In fact, I seem to > remember one party where the idea of emptiness and the void as all > there is was discussed at length. > > That is the feeling I get when I read those links. Uninformed, > well-intentioned, seemingly profound but ultimately naive. > > That a bit better? :) > > 2009/9/9 ornamentalmind <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > I will assume that you are using the more recent meaning of the term > > sophism...rather than that used in Ancient Greese, yes? > > > Using one 'definition': > > "Sophism can mean two very different things: In the modern definition, > > a sophism is a confusing or illogical argument used for deceiving > > someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of teachers of > > philosophy and rhetoric." > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophism > > > ...apparently you impune motivation upon Narjuna? Perhaps not… > > difficult to tell. Perhaps a little more meat to your argument would > > help us to understand? > > > On Sep 9, 8:53 am, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did read one and scanned the other. Emptiness as it is being used > >> seems a bit sophistic to me.- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
