'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, February 17, 2010

on certainty 293


293. Similarly with the sentence “water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.”



‘water boils at 100 degrees centigrade’ –

is a proposal

if tested – it will be questioned –

and if the questioning is successful –

the proposal – functional as it may be –

useful as it may be –

will be shown to be –

uncertain


© greg t.charlton. 2010.
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