'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.




Saturday, April 10, 2010

on certainty 404


404. I want to say: it’s not that on some points men know the truth with certainty. No: perfect certainty is only a matter of their attitude.



yes – the attitude –

grounded in ignorance and stupidity


© greg t. charlton. 2010.