[MD] Mill: Quality philosopher

[Michael Hamilton]

Platt,

On 6/2/06, Platt Holden <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> I can't resist pointing out that when you quote Matt asserting . . .
>
> "There is no single, absolute truth. There are simply better and better
> truths"
>
> . . . the contradictions are evident. His assertions are presented as
> absolute truths.

This might be relevant:
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'Candrakirti...compares one who treats emptiness as an essential
property... to one who, upon entering a shop and learning that there
are no wares for sale, asks the shopkeeper to sell him the "no
wares".' (Garfield, The Fundamental Wisdon Of The Middle Way:
Nagarjuna's MKK, 1995, p214)
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Treating emptiness as an essential property, is, I would guess,
analogous to treating the absense of absolute truth as absolute truth.
There are no absolute truths for sale, Platt - anyone who pretends to
sell you one is tricking you.