Tuesday, April 06, 2010

on certainty 394


394.  “This is one of the things that I cannot doubt.”



if it’s something you cannot doubt –

it is something –

you cannot know

and if it’s something you cannot know –

it’s something –

you can’t speak of

and so the sentence –

‘this is one of the things that I cannot doubt’ –

is a fraud

perhaps by asserting this sentence –

you can pretend certainty –

but it is just a pretence –

whether you are talking to yourself –

or someone else

and it’s a pretence –

based on ignorance –

and stupidity


© greg t. charlton. 2010.