pynchon agnostic? II

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Tue Mar 4 15:26:45 CST 2003


on 4/3/03 8:14 AM, thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet at tkrh at worldonline.dk
wrote:

>> To speak of religious or philosophical "truth" is another thing entirely.
>> It's the difference between a concrete and an abstract noun.
> 
> 'Concrete truth'? It still needs language.

No, concrete nouns. Things. Objects. People. Phenomena which can be
positively identified and described by human sense organs regardless of
language.
 
>>> whatever is outside of language is not in itself divided into distinct
>>> entities. 

A theory that won't or can't distinguish between a cantaloupe/rockmelon and
"God" isn't a particularly useful or relevant one.

best




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