[MD] Protagoras: everything is relative...

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Yes Marsha, and such Knowing is far beyond the static intellectual.

Mark

On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:32 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

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> Hello Ham,
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> 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.  
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> On Oct 23, 2011, at 4:27 AM, Ham Priday wrote:
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>> Hi Marsha, Mark --
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>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 2:25 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Hello Mark,
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>>> Buddhism is the home of relativism...
>>> Buddhist reality arises co-dependently.
>>> Everything then, is relative.
>>>  (http://www.buddhanet.net/cane-toads.htm)
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>> EXISTENCE is the home of relativism.
>> Existential reality arises co-dependently.
>> Everything, then, is relative.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> I would venture to say that you and Mark do, too.
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>> 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
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>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:57 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>>>> "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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