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[Guest guest]

Namaste Chittaranjanji,

Though sitting quietly, I am paying attention. You wrote:

 

"Sometimes words have a way of going some place that they were not

meant to go. The Greek equivalent of the Sanskrit word 'viparya'

is 'aporia', and it derives from the root 'poros' which with the

prefix 'a' means 'a boat that has missed the target and run aground

some place else'. I believe that 'aporia' is what has been happening

here."

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(from Britannica)

aporiai _Puzzles

Often his method was deliberately aporetic; that is to say, he raised

difficulties that he knew had to be faced but for which he supplied no

immediate or definitive solutions. Left by Plato

with a vast body of problems, Aristotle conscientiously pursued the ideal

of correcting and complementing the intellectual tradition bequeathed to

him.(of Aristotle)

 

The dialogues are "aporetic" and "elenctic": they pose puzzles (aporiai in

Greek) without solving them, and Socrates' procedure consists in the

successive refutation (elenchos) of the various views presented by his

interlocutors.(of Plato)

 

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Definitely AIT is aporetic, best left to wither on the Grassy Knoll. But

one must remember that as Dr. Johnson remarked 'Patriotism is the last

refuge of the scoundrel'.. Many are prepared to die for their country who

wouldn't live for it.-

 

About Aurobindo, I confess myself unable to read him, the very worst of

sub-Tennysonian fustian. Superficial of me, I suppose.

 

Best Wishes,

Michael.

[Guest guest]

Michaelji!

 

No. Not all superficial. You are definitely blessed with a sound in-

built defence mechanism against 'aporia'! You are lucky, therefore,

you don't have to be 'elenctic', like us the less privileged, at

least on this formidable Auro.

 

However, I don't understand why you drag the name of Tennyson down to

the fustian. I love Tennyson and he is not given to bombast.

 

Congrats and praNAms.

 

Madathil Nair

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advaitin, ombhurbhuva <ombhurbhuva@e...>

wrote:

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> About Aurobindo, I confess myself unable to read him, the very

worst of

> sub-Tennysonian fustian. Superficial of me, I suppose.