Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 19:37:26 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <495550f7-796e-4414-67ae-26d3f8ba16f1@example.net> <33442f75-5afe-ce6b-d5b2-19efc78a72d3@example.net> <2c1fb128-258b-7848-e896-3246674d460f@example.net> <2d814efc-b5f8-a1f9-d273-77016cb3cbae@example.net> <9cGcnY0c8c3LA8_6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <6465d1f8-6fab-e3bd-0345-86011937364d@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 20:37:27 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d0a9fc17b6f8caea45cd793b92a18377"; logging-data="3409691"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/1kRa2mrc4UwQlgBuQ25XkiyAYL+v4jhg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4IKybRZr4oTlGNAEiIMumrCwTTc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2799 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. -- "A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding". Marshall McLuhan