Re: Another example of the abysmal quality of intellecutalism in our country

In article <42034337D6cBa07I4K66bo1QbWu6ENF@PHG4a>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> answer this
> objection ever since the world began.
>
> So there is open war among men, in which each must take a part and side
> either with dogmatism or scepticism. For he who thinks to remain neutral is
> above all a sceptic. This neutrality is the essence of the sect; he who is
> not against them is essentially for them. In this appears their advantage.
> They are not for themselves; they are neutral, indifferent, in suspense as
> to all things, even themselves being no exception.
>
> What, then, shall man do in this state? Shall he doubt everything? Shall he
> doubt whether he is awake, whether he is being pinched, or whether he is
> being burned? Shall he doubt whether he doubts? Shall he doubt whether he
> exists? We cannot go so far as that; and I lay it down as a fact that there
> never has been a real complete sceptic. Nature sustains our feeble reason
> and prevents it raving to this extent.
>
> Shall he, then, say, on the contrary, that he certainly possesses truth--he
> who, when pressed ever so little, can show no title to it and is forced to
> let go his hold?
>
> What a chimera, then, is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos,
> what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of
> the earth; depositary of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error;
>
>
>

Jai, you're intelligent and erudite, and no one gives a ****
because you're crazy as an outhouse rat.

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:16:10 -0500, Scotius <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In article <42034337D6cBa07I4K66bo1QbWu6ENF@PHG4a>, (E-Mail Removed)
>says...
>> answer this
>> objection ever since the world began.
>>
>> So there is open war among men, in which each must take a part and side
>> either with dogmatism or scepticism. For he who thinks to remain neutral is
>> above all a sceptic. This neutrality is the essence of the sect; he who is
>> not against them is essentially for them. In this appears their advantage.
>> They are not for themselves; they are neutral, indifferent, in suspense as
>> to all things, even themselves being no exception.
>>
>> What, then, shall man do in this state? Shall he doubt everything? Shall he
>> doubt whether he is awake, whether he is being pinched, or whether he is
>> being burned? Shall he doubt whether he doubts? Shall he doubt whether he
>> exists? We cannot go so far as that; and I lay it down as a fact that there
>> never has been a real complete sceptic. Nature sustains our feeble reason
>> and prevents it raving to this extent.
>>
>> Shall he, then, say, on the contrary, that he certainly possesses truth--he
>> who, when pressed ever so little, can show no title to it and is forced to
>> let go his hold?
>>
>> What a chimera, then, is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos,
>> what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of
>> the earth; depositary of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error;
>>
>>
>>
>
> Jai, you're intelligent and erudite, and no one gives a ****
>because you're crazy as an outhouse rat.
Pascall, I admit, really doesn't seem to have much to do with model
rocketry.
Interesting juxtaposition, though.