'For the person or persons that hold dominion, can no more combine with the keeping up of majesty the running with harlots drunk or naked about the streets, or the performances of a stage player, or the open violation or contempt of laws passed by themselves than they can combine existence with non-existence'.

- Benedict de Spinoza. Political Treatise. 1677.



Wednesday, July 08, 2009

on certainty 58


58. If “I know etc.” is conceived as a grammatical proposition, of course the “I” cannot be important. And it properly means “there is no such thing as doubt in this case” or “The expression ‘I don’t know’ makes no sense in this case”. And of course it follows from this that “I know” makes no sense either.



yes – exactly


© greg t. charlton. 2009.
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