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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 19:37:26 +0000
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On 07/12/2024 19:16, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 13:43:12 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> The sound of one hand clapping is a phrase that seems to make sense, in
>> that you understand all the words, but it points to an impossible or
>> meaningless event.
>>
>> The intention is to guide the student away from a dependence on the
>> reality of words to a reality beyond them.
> 
> The koans are criticized and being meaningless riddles. otoh you have
> Heidegger trying to talk about things that can't be talked about with
> neologisms.

Heidegger was a total asshole.  I think everything he said can probably 
safely be ignored.


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"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight 
and understanding".

Marshall McLuhan