[MD] Philosophy and Abstraction

[MarshaV]

Greetings Mark,

Is this, your looking under the looking under, true?  Or?  


Marsha 



On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:55 PM, 118 wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> Is the notion of relativity true?  The reason I ask is it seems we are
> expounding truths to make truth relative.  This would make all
> communication inconsequential if we are attempting to find truth.  We
> could certainly state that relativity is relative, and get caught up
> in one of those paradoxes.  So, truth are those things that we use as
> corner stones to build on.  To look beneath the cornerstone to see
> what is there is nonsense, since it is floating, turtles all the way
> down.  Or if you want, turtles all the way up.  This reminds me of
> Yertle the Turtle, always a fun read to put things into perspective.
> 
> My throne shall be higher!” his royal voice thundered,
> “So pile up more turtles! I want ’bout two hundred!”
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:48 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Steven Peterson wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:25 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Sure.  Truth is not absolute.  Truth is not relative.  Truth is a static pattern of value - delusion.  Throw it out and you experience divine silence.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Steve:
>>> Throw away all truths and you've just discarded a bunch of useful tools.
>> 
>> Marsha:
>> Exactly my point.  And since 'static patterns R us,' to understand them as relative is important to the way we choose to live.


 
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