[MD] The Madman: The Two Hermits

[Margaret Warren]

I thought they were already dividing it in time - it seems that one 
was going to physically go someplace else farther away...
but perhaps with a teleporter...or some other use of 
quantum physics

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> I agree, interesting story.
> 
> There is an alternative ending. The younger hermit simply 
> runs out of static reason only, he has ignored dynamic / time 
> / process aspects entirely.
> 
> Rather than agreeing to divide the material in space, he 
> should have suggested divining in time. We use the bowl on 
> alternate days - we each own half of "it".
> 
> Ian
> 
> On 10/18/07, Ron Kulp <RKulp at ebwalshinc.com> wrote:
> >
> > Marsha,
> > Excellent post, a point well taken...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The Madman:  The Two Hermits       by      Kahlil Gibran
> >
> >
> > Upon a lonely mountain, there lived two hermits who 
> worshipped God and 
> > loved one another.
> >
> > Now these two hermits had one earthen bowl, and this was their only 
> > possession. One day an evil spirit entered into the heart 
> of the older 
> > hermit and he came to the younger and said, "It is long 
> that we have 
> > lived together. The time has come for us to part. Let us divide our 
> > possessions."
> >
> > Then the younger hermit was saddened and he said, "It grieves me, 
> > Brother, that thou shouldst leave me. But if thou must 
> needs go, so be 
> > it," and he brought the earthen bowl and gave it to him saying, "We 
> > cannot divide it, Brother, let it be thine."
> >
> > Then the older hermit said, "Charity I will not accept. I will take 
> > nothing but mine own. It must be divided."
> >
> > And the younger one said, "If the bowl be broken, of what 
> use would it 
> > be to thee or to me? If it be thy pleasure let us rather 
> cast a lot."
> >
> > But the older hermit said again, "I will have but justice and mine 
> > own, and I will not trust justice and mine own to vain chance. The 
> > bowl must be divided."
> >
> > Then the younger hermit could reason no further and he 
> said, "If it be 
> > indeed thy will, and if even so thou wouldst have it let us 
> now break 
> > the bowl."
> >
> > But the face of the older hermit grew exceeding dark, and 
> he cried, "O 
> > thou cursed coward, thou wouldst not fight."
> >
> >
> >
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