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  1. 05-15-2007 12:34 AM #1
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    The Art of Missing the Point: When You Can't Afford to Catch on.



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    (George Berkeley, 1710) ... lay the beginning in a distinct explication of what is meant by thing, reality, existence: for in vain shall we dispute concerning the real existence of things, or pretend to any knowledge thereof, so long as we have not fixed the meaning of those words.

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    Smile Re: The Art of Missing the Point: When You Can't Afford to Catch on.

    Prehaps RP,we could all pretend not to catch on to this little aside,and take on a "word".

    Consider CHAOS! Consider
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    Sustains.=Chaos,within this concept,word,universal law and order
    are sustained! Is it then Chaos,or order that rules?




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    Re: The Art of Missing the Point: When You Can't Afford to Catch on.

    Quote Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick View Post
    Prehaps RP,we could all pretend not to catch on to this little aside,and take on a "word".

    Consider CHAOS! Consider
    How
    Actual
    Order
    Sustains.=Chaos,within this concept,word,universal law and order
    are sustained! Is it then Chaos,or order that rules?




    regards michael.
    Hey Michael!
    I like the way you did that. Clearly, you undestand intuitively or have read the book (Maybe both?)

    Thanks
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    (George Berkeley, 1710) ... lay the beginning in a distinct explication of what is meant by thing, reality, existence: for in vain shall we dispute concerning the real existence of things, or pretend to any knowledge thereof, so long as we have not fixed the meaning of those words.

    "All things come out of the one and the one out of all things." - Heraclitus
    "Reality is an illusion - albeit a persistent one." - Einstein
    "Particles give me a headache." - Ibid
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    Smile Re: The Art of Missing the Point: When You Can't Afford to Catch on.

    Quote Originally Posted by RascalPuff View Post
    Hey Michael!
    I like the way you did that. Clearly, you undestand intuitively or have read the book (Maybe both?)

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    Its all done with smoke and mirrors.I have not read the book,but go with the feeling.

    thanks RP.


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