To conclude Truth [singular](added by Marsha) connects with "is" which is
is [verb] 1. 3rd person singular present indicative of be. "Be" verb (used without object) 1. to exist or live 2. to take place; happen; occur: So Marsha is asserting that Truth is a singular experience in process. One has to ask then WHAT exactly IS this fixed eternal (singular)Truth? One is supposed to arrive at it with certainty via dialectic. "The concept of dialectic existed in the philosophy of Heraclitus of Ephesus, who proposed that everything is in constant change, as a result of inner strife and opposition. Hence, the history of the dialectical method is the history of philosophy." "The purpose of the dialectic method of reasoning is resolution of disagreement through rational discussion, and, ultimately, the search for truth.One way to proceed— the Socratic method—is to show that a given hypothesis (with other admissions) leads to a contradiction; thus, forcing the withdrawal of the hypothesis as a candidate for truth (see reductio ad absurdum). Another dialectical resolution of disagreement is by denying a presupposition of the contending thesis and antithesis; thereby, proceeding to sublation (transcendence) to synthesis, a third thesis." source wiki So it's an ongoing process of elimenating hypothetical canidates for truth This fixed eternal truth being a synthesis a mixture of our best thesis (ideas) Truth seems to be many. YET This is not a fixed eternal truth if it is a process of resolving ideas yet again what are we arriving at? certaintly not a fixed generalized all encompassing certainty about everything because dialectical disagreement is of a particular context, certainly not an objective reality because that is the realm of flux and false appearences. Again I ask we should be able to place our finger on exactly what we are rejecting a fixed eternal certainty of what is true. This trail leads to forms,ideas. The idea of truth, the general abstract concept, yet as I argue, it only exists as a generalized abstract concept and vanishes into thin air when we try to say exactly what that truth IS with any certainty. And the ancients knew that. It just doesent add up. ALSO Why would someone who contends that he knows nothing (but Love) and that no one really can know anything posit a single eternal fixed truth? why would he posit that knowledge is certain? This is the contradiction that leads me to want question what we are indeed rejecting. .. .. 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
