Guest guest Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 L.E: So much forest, and here I sit with a dull machete. In a message dated 6/19/2006 7:49:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, pedsie5 writes: > P: No, Lewis, the subtlety doesn't elude me. Maybe we have been > saying the same " thing, " ) but talking at cross purposes. I confess, > sometimes, I find your exuberant writing style as an impenetrable > jungle my dull machete cannot hack. I think you are saying above, that > there is only appearance beyond words. Well, then there is this X you > call appearance, and discursive thinking objectivize that into 'wordily > objects.' > > Lewis: No, Pete, I am not saying that. The phrase is " There is no thing > beyond words " (green) and not " There is only appearance beyond > words, " (blue) We still have positing of X, an existent, a thing. > > A form, appearance, as special case in this instance only, is not a > thing, existent, a referent, as are all other words. Perhaps this > helps. > > The paradox is: form, appearance named and empty. > > Emptiness is form. Form is emptiness. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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