Pynchon & Math (Aristotle vs. Plato)

[Bled Welder]

The kid is balls all, antis-fascisct, then the totalitasriun suckwads move
move....into his brain.  Then he becomes a total drug addiict.

Then, Malignngngngt, suggests that Los Lobos knows better....?

Do they?  Maybe FloYd, hasn't been in a car ... ?

Do you get that?

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com> wrote:

> A second-half band...
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U
>
> Now who was the min, thereind?  .....
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:57 AM, alice wellintown <
> alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Several critical studies examine Pynchon and the American Pragmatists.
>>
>> I think a good place to turn is to Aristotle. Here in an Introduction
>> we see a basic difference in Aristotle from Plato and Socrates, and
>> specifically, on Ethics. The wisdom of Aristotle is that he accepts
>> the idea that it is wise to examine or explore a topic only so far as
>> the topic permits, that there is an exhaustion point, and that in
>> Ethics, and in Politics, the topic does not allow for examination as
>> it does in other sciences.
>>
>> Is the application of math to Ethics and Politics Fascist? Maybe.
>> Maybe something in that GR....
>>
>> Is Plato a Fascist?
>>
>> No, but the math....
>>
>> The main difference between Plato and Aristotle is this: Plato thought
>> ethics was an exact (theoretical) science; Aristotle thought precision
>> was extremely difficult in a science such as ethics. Please note that
>> "science" is being used in its ancient sense of knowledge in general.
>>
>> THE PROPER METHOD FOR ETHICS (Bk. I, Sec. 3)
>>
>> From ethics one can expect only as much precision as the subject
>> matter allows. This is opposite to Plato's belief, because it does not
>> allow for any mathematical exactness. Does this mean, then, that moral
>> rules are "conventions," made up or created by humans? No, they are
>> natural, but they are not like Plato's immutable forms. Aristotle
>> avoids ethical relativism because of his confidence in human reason
>> and experience to decide on general courses of action.
>>
>> Plato approached ethical questions with a formal, abstract approach,
>> analyzing each just as he would analyze a math problem. Aristotle,
>> though, believed that because of all the human variables found in
>> ethics (but not found in the formal sciences), mathematical precision
>> was impossible.
>>
>> http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/103/aristotle.htm
>>
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