[MD] Emerson for Marsha

[MarshaV]

Greetings Matt,  


I do like the Emerson quote.  I think I should enjoy 
reading such an author.  A choice of words of such 
similar meaning is hardly a difference.  I suppose I
choose to stick with relative because it is often used 
in Buddhism.  Conventional truth is often called 
relative truth, such as, "Another related doctrine is that 
of the Two Truths, absolute and relative truth. Relative 
truth is the conventional way we perceive reality; absolute 
truth is shunyata (Emptiness). From the perspective of the 
relative, appearances and phenomena are real. From the 
perspective of the absolute, appearances and 
phenomena are not real. Both perspectives are true."
I suppose I'm prejudiced towards a Buddhist 
perspective.  Either way, I'd be happy to be on 
the same hiking trail with you.

It is nice for a change to note similarity, rather than 
difference.    


Marsha





p.s. 
The source of the quote:
 http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanabuddhism/a/madhyamika.htm  


On May 5, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Matt Kundert wrote:

> 
> Hi Marsha,
> 
> As I see it, the only difference between us is that you find 
> the button "Relativism" one you want to stick on your hiking 
> backpack, and I don't like that color, but prefer 
> "Relationalism," though I think they signal to people in our 
> hiking club roughly the same thing (though not always, and 
> particularly people not in the club, which is why it can 
> become a big deal for other people facing off against each 
> other, like Steve and DMB).
> 
> This is just to say, since you've been reading and 
> meditating on these matters of relativity and whatnot, that 
> I ran across a passage in Emerson that might pique your 
> interest in him for your search:
> 
> "...man is an analogist, and studies relations in all objects.  
> He is placed in the centre of beings, and a ray of relation 
> passes from every other being to him.  And neither can 
> man be understood without these objects, not these 
> objects without man."
> 
> --from Nature, Chapter 4, "Language"
> 
> Matt
> 		 	   		  
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