[MD] "100% confident"

[ian glendinning]

Dallas, Ant, Ham, Marsha,

OK so Descartes's little maxim can be de-personalised and reduced to
"is" ... which was his point of course .... it was simply the shortest
sentence he could find (albeit from a human subjective - ego -
perspective).

Interestingly, the idea that "is not" says no more (about existence)
than "is" is the point about negation adding nothing to assertion
(about existence / reality) made in a parallel thread. It is simply
about one subject communicating with another.

It's about nothing more "essential" than language.
Ian

On 10/7/07, Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Greetings Ian, Marsha, and welcome Dallas --
>
> One can be 100% confident until Truth proves him wrong.
>
>
> > We could try to reduce "I think therefore I am"
> > into "I am" or even just "Is".
> > But of course "is" is only true when compared to "is not",
> > so there is still some doubt there.
>
> Right on!  As Truth would have it, "is" cannot be without "is not".  But,
> since being then is a contingency, some people ask: Is what "is not"
> contingent upon what "is"?  An negative answer argues for Nihilism: All is
> vanity (or nothingness).  An affirmative answer argues for Essentialism:
> That which is absolutely can give rise to that which appears contingently.
>
> What the Cogito should have stated is that "something is".  And if something
> is, then "isness" (i.e., Essence) is the fundamental reality, with or
> without "is not".
>
> A good exercise in logical thinking, Dallas.  Where do you go from there?
>
> Essentially yours,
> Ham
>
>
>  10/7/07, Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/7/07, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:Greetings,
> >> In what facts are you 100% confident?
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Marsha,
> >>
> >> Literally 100% confident?
> >> What about "Something thinks therefore something is"?
> >>
> >> Or, thinking about Leary's book of 'Psychedelic Prayers', how about "All
> >> Things (Must) Pass"?
> >>
> >> Ant
>
>
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