on certainty 86

86. Suppose I replaced Moore’s “I know” by “I am of an unshakeable conviction”?

if you do that –

you replace one piece of rhetoric –

with another

‘unshakeable conviction’ –

has no logical basis

any conviction is open to question –

open to doubt –

is shakeable

and if you hold to the idea –

of ‘unshakeable conviction’ –

                                                                                                                                

you are either a fraud –

or a fool

© greg t. charlton. 2009.