You know, Ron, Royce formulates a theory of international insurance to mitigate war - a third party mediation that is self-interested in preventing conflict, without taking particular sides.
He was mightily disappointed in Germany, though, just before he died. And Royce loved Germany, got his training in philosophy there, learned to speak the language in a few months. As things worked out, he had a good point about the German betrayal of humanity. And my reformulation of Santayana wasn't specifically about war, but rather the observable fact that by beholding we become changed. What we look at is what forms our values. Focusing upon past mistakes does not in and of itself rectify those mistakes but keeps us locked in negative patterns when it might be more useful to just forget all about them and face the tomorrow with hope born of ignorance. Peace! John On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:09 PM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to be contrary..ok ya got me.. to be contrary, > one might argue that the theory of evolution is nothing > but the study of war, we exist as a direct ongoing war.. > infinite conflicts..history is then the record of evolutionary wars > which is what I believe Pirsig was attempting to explain from his > viewpoint. > > The martial artist would argue that harmony lies in the practice of the > art. > Peace then is a very artistic sophisticated expression of a type of war > making. > > humbely submitted > -Ron > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Carl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 6:48:29 PM > Subject: [MD] The importance of history > > I realized the other day that we've been doing it all wrong. The truth is, > he who is incapable of forgetting history is the one doomed to repeat it. > Take war for instance. The main justification for war is that we've always > had wars. If we could just forget we've had war, war would cease to exist. > Focusing upon past patterns only means you are choosing to keep them going. > 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/
