I agree, interesting story. There is an alternative ending. The younger hermit simply runs out of static reason only, he has ignored dynamic / time / process aspects entirely.
Rather than agreeing to divide the material in space, he should have suggested divining in time. We use the bowl on alternate days - we each own half of "it". Ian On 10/18/07, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marsha, > Excellent post, a point well taken... > > > > > The Madman: The Two Hermits by Kahlil Gibran > > > Upon a lonely mountain, there lived two hermits who worshipped God > and loved one another. > > Now these two hermits had one earthen bowl, and this was their only > possession. One day an evil spirit entered into the heart of the > older hermit and he came to the younger and said, "It is long that we > have lived together. The time has come for us to part. Let us divide > our possessions." > > Then the younger hermit was saddened and he said, "It grieves me, > Brother, that thou shouldst leave me. But if thou must needs go, so > be it," and he brought the earthen bowl and gave it to him saying, > "We cannot divide it, Brother, let it be thine." > > Then the older hermit said, "Charity I will not accept. I will take > nothing but mine own. It must be divided." > > And the younger one said, "If the bowl be broken, of what use would > it be to thee or to me? If it be thy pleasure let us rather cast a lot." > > But the older hermit said again, "I will have but justice and mine > own, and I will not trust justice and mine own to vain chance. The > bowl must be divided." > > Then the younger hermit could reason no further and he said, "If it > be indeed thy will, and if even so thou wouldst have it let us now > break the bowl." > > But the face of the older hermit grew exceeding dark, and he cried, > "O thou cursed coward, thou wouldst not fight." > > > > > 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/ > 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/ > 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/
