Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Can you name a significant philosopher who lived in strict barter society? > > [Arlo] > This is an inane question. First, that money is a fairly ubiquitous part of > most historical social systems, does NOT indicate that it was the presence of > "money" that enabled philosophers to think. Second, we can historically name > maybe around 100 or so "philosophers", but I doubt only a hundred or so in > world history have ever though philosophically. I can't name a philosopher > from > British Columbia, for example, but I am sure folks in BC think > philosophically. > > [Platt] > Again, can you name a significant philosopher who lived in a strict barter > society? In other words, what EVIDENCE can you present?
So you cannot deny my original statement which was: "Pirsig knows as well as anyone that pure intellectual pursuits such as philosophy are made possible by those in society who "make money." I thought so. > [Arlo] > I can't name "anyone" from a strict barter society, but what does that have to > do with anything? Why don't you name me a barter society where you felt no > intellectual patterns were present? That's not the issue. You love to distort to suit your own ax to grind. > [Platt] > I've been there a jillion times too after you initiate insults which, for > some reason (I think I know why) you expect me to ignore. > > [Arlo] > Now that's just boo-hoo baiting. Anyone who has the desire to check the > archives can easily see that it is always _you_ who instigates with deceitful > and distortive attacks, usually centered around the "libs lie" theme. Then, > when you are called on this, or responded to in same, you play the poor victim > of "lib" assaults. What you seem to expect is for others to ignore your > atrocious and despicable rhetoric. I'm done with that, and call it for what it > is. You want to play "boo hoo, poor me", cry about how "leftists and libs" > assault poor Platt at every turn, go right ahead. Yes, let them check the archives. They will see I am right about who calls who a deceitful and distortive attacker using atrocious and despicable rhetoric. In fact the blast immediately above is confirming evidence. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
