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Author: s.j.lagoes.j.lagoe Date: Sep 18, 2008 09:14
On Sep 18, 4:48Â pm, Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> s.j.la...@ googlemail.com wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> [snip a dialogue constructed to p[rove a point, ie, one that really
> proves nothing at all. ;-) the point to be rpoven appears at the end, thus:
> >> A) No I'm not. I've just pointed out that you were mistaken to _only_
>> recognize one. But notice how quickly you changed to another when I
>> rolled the clay up! You did it with incredible flexibility and speed.
>
>> B) But, look, your logic would mean that if noone is there to impose
>> that context, well... then there wouldn't be a thing there at all!
>
>> A) Exactly.
>
> Nice riff on George Berkely. He posited God as the Someone who is always
> around, so that the world does in fact exist even when you and me aren't
> there to "impose a context."
Very interesting. I think there might be a view point similar to that,
conceiving "God" as that which all these contexts are imposed onto.
Regards, Sigmund.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Wolf Kirchmeir
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