In a message dated 5/21/00 4:11:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JBCM2@xxxxxxx
writes:
<< the irony implicit in the
former (that one can be close to one's goal and still have no chance of
attaining it) is not present in the latter. personally, I think that truth
exists -- after all, I'm a poet -- in much the same way that the Real
exists,
and while it may be true that we can generally know either within the
context
of a particular system of belief, belief systems are not the only way in
which one makes contact with truth, or the real. >>
Isn't it a little foolish to ponder about this kind of statement when it is
quite obvious that both subjective truthfullness and objectivity are aspects
of our existence that most of us can agree upon. If we were to make
controversial our social existence and claim that there is no truth to our
social environment, that is, that everyone is free to pursue their goals
without constraint (as long as others are not harmed),
then the contradiction takes an ironic turn, but as for our awareness of
other lies or of facts in the universe, most of us are on the same sheet of
music!
Fred W.
writes:
<< the irony implicit in the
former (that one can be close to one's goal and still have no chance of
attaining it) is not present in the latter. personally, I think that truth
exists -- after all, I'm a poet -- in much the same way that the Real
exists,
and while it may be true that we can generally know either within the
context
of a particular system of belief, belief systems are not the only way in
which one makes contact with truth, or the real. >>
Isn't it a little foolish to ponder about this kind of statement when it is
quite obvious that both subjective truthfullness and objectivity are aspects
of our existence that most of us can agree upon. If we were to make
controversial our social existence and claim that there is no truth to our
social environment, that is, that everyone is free to pursue their goals
without constraint (as long as others are not harmed),
then the contradiction takes an ironic turn, but as for our awareness of
other lies or of facts in the universe, most of us are on the same sheet of
music!
Fred W.