What I want to know did Pepy truly commit treason..and gave france information?
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 2:51 PM, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 22 Nov., 06:01, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > I share your idealism Neil… even when it came to Occham….until I > > noticed that when applied to itself, the razor disappears. > > > This dialogue between Neil and Orn has set all kinds of ideas sparking > in my mind - I need more time to let many of them work and come to > some sort of fruit. Some brief comments: > > Master William's sharp instrument is a very useful tool. But we should > remain aware of its nature - as a tool - and, as every good handworker > knows, not every tool is appropriate for every occasion. There's a > word Neil has used here a couple of times, "simplexity", which I like. > There is often wonderful complexity in simple things, and simplicity > too in the complex. There is, I hope, some kind of truth to be > obtained through reason (and it is here that Occam's razor works > best). But there are also truths which express themselves in art, > music, literature, poetry. Ginsberg's "Howl" and Joyce's "Ulysses" > come to mind, as do Monet's "Water Lilies," Beethoven's 9th Symphony > and Pink Floyd's "Saucerful of Secrets." Just examples. Life, both > individual and common, is as much an artwork to be experienced as it > is a problem (or problems) to be solved. As Molly has put it (although > the words here are mine) we need to sustain the paradoxes put forward > by not rejecting one in favour of the other. Holding on to the > apparent opposites, while letting everything go. > > Not very clear, I know, but I can't put it better than this at the > moment. As Pepys put it, and so to bed! > > Francis > > -- > > 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]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=. > > > -- 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=.
