--- In [email protected], <billsm...@...> wrote:
Siska, > > I think there is a distinct difference between doing and feeling something and only reading about it. Bill, And, what is the signifance of this (personally-experienced) difference? > There is absolutely the experience of reading. That's yours, and that might invoke a similar experience to what the writer is writing about. That's the goal of good writing, to communicate experience (or thoughts). > You can read all you want about what swimming is like, but until you actually jump into deep water you really don'tÂknow swimming. Read 'know' in the prior sentence as 'experience'. > Experience is what's important, not just 'knowing'. One's experience is important to whom and why? > Knowing or understanding is an intellectual activity. And what does one conclude from that? > Experience is living. Is that the way it 'should' be for everyone - or do they have a choice? > Intellectual activities are part of living also, but only a very small insignificant piece, in my opinion. OK, it's a subjective personal truth. Most people put way too much importance on them and as a result are attached to them. > ...Bill! Do persons not have a choice as to what they think/feel is important to themselves? So, what if they are 'attached'? What business is that of anyone else? --ED
