[MD] Protagoras: everything is relative...

[MarshaV]

Hello Ham,

I was attempting to justify a perfectly good word, and you want to turn it into 'there are no atheists in a foxhole... '   I am not a Buddhist and I do not need Buddhism, but I do very much admire Buddhism.  I also very much admire the Metaphysics of Quality.  Both would point you towards Betterness.  But mostly I admire them because they point to the wisdom of the Pythia of Delphi:  Know Thyself.  


Marsha  


 
 
  


On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:27 AM, Ham Priday wrote:

> Hi Marsha, Mark --
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 2:25 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> Hello Mark,
>> 
>> Buddhism is the home of relativism...
>> Buddhist reality arises co-dependently.
>> Everything then, is relative.
>>   (http://www.buddhanet.net/cane-toads.htm)
> 
> EXISTENCE is the home of relativism.
> Existential reality arises co-dependently.
> Everything, then, is relative.
> 
> Our friend Protagoras was talking about man's value-sensibility which measures all things.  I don't need Buddhism to experience this relativity, Marsha.  It's the story of my life.
> 
> But, since the Value that accounts for my awareness and the Source from which it arises are non-relational, I needed a philosophy to understand how my experience relates to this Source and what meaning my life has in the cosmic scheme.
> 
> I would venture to say that you and Mark do, too.
> 
> Essentially yours,
> Ham
> 
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>> On Oct 22, 2011, at 12:21 AM, 118 wrote:
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>>> "Relativity lives in a closet dark and damp.  Open the door and
>>> let in the light"
>>> Adobadas
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:57 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> "Of all things the measure is Man, of the things that are, that they >>> are, and of the things that are not, that they are not"
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