[MF] reality: interactions or quality?

[ian glendinning]

Sam and Marsha,

I'd mostly agree with Sam's words (strangely enough).

In the sense that "unreasoned" (in the GOF-rational sense) faith /
belief is pretty close to love in my book. (Closer to some kind of
direct experience, Marsha, to answer your other question).

But, the linguistic point (2) is double-edged. Not sure Wittgenstein
is the last word here, but it's clear word-and-object /
signifier-and-signified are bound together in actual usage and
metaphorical understanding (hence the uselessness of definitions).
What that means though Sam, only slighly modifying your words, is that
...

"we understand what [religion / love] means by seeing what is done [in
its name]".

On that score, despite the pitfalls of generalisation (present company
excepted, with all due respect, etc.), Marsha has a point.

Ian

On 2/20/06, Sam Norton <elizaphanian at kohath.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello Marsha,
> Thanks for sharing that considered analysis.
>
> Sam
> http://elizaphanian.blogspot.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MarshaV" <marshalz at charter.net>
> To: <moq_focus at moqtalk.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [MF] reality: interactions or quality?
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>
> > At 11:14 AM 2/20/2006, Sam wrote:
> >>6. If we want to understand the philosophy of love, the religious
> >>traditions are
> >>a very good place to start.
> >
> > Hi Sam,
> >
> >         The history of religion might indicate otherwise.
> >
> > Marsha
> >
> >
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