On 2 Feb 2010 at 15:44, X Acto wrote: > Platt, > If you take any statement as "true" then yes. > but the conversation is about meaning > > not "Truth" ..
I get your meaning, but is what you state true? > by your logic any statement of truth is true > > What you are doing is taking a particular meaning of the term > as a logical absolute in a rhetorical manner to persuade others > of your point of view.. Are you asserting that statement to be true? > if all statements regarding truth are taken to be true > > it makes a plurality of absolutes....a fine illustration > of relative, contextual meaning. whether you realize it or not. Do you believe that is also true? Seems to me you are making a lot of statements that you want us to believe are true. Isn't that the truth? Or are you asking us not to believe you? Platt > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 12:49:17 PM > Subject: Re: [MD] What does Pirsig mean by metaphysics? > > On 2 Feb 2010 at 12:18, Arlo Bensinger wrote: > > > And this is why Pirsig > > acknowledges that had Socrates NOT said "all this > > is just an analogy", "he wouldn't have been telling the "Truth."" (ZMM). > > Accordingly, "All this is just an analogy" is an absolute truth proclaiming > its own universality. Once admitted as "Truth" (with a capital "T") the > entire edifice of relativity is overthrown. 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/
