Thanks Ant, I really like that analogy. One could do a lot worse than to repetitiously experience astonishment.
Marsha On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Marsha, > > That reference to "astonishment" being at the beginning of philosophy > reminded me of "beginner's mind" in the Zen Buddhist tradition. > > Best wishes, > > Ant > > ---------------------------------------- > Marsha V stated March 13th 2013: > > > Theaetetus’ response to Socrates’ question: ‘what is philosophy’? > > ‘For this especially is the passion of a philosopher: to be astonished; there > is no other beginning of philosophy than this.’ > > > > 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/md/archives.html
