on certainty 421

421. I am in England. Everything around me tells me so; wherever and however I let my thoughts turn, they confirm this for me at once. – But might I not be shaken if things such as I don’t dream of at present were to happen?

yes – you would be shaken – anyone would be –

and it would be clear that all the bolstering you had given your propositions –

                                                                                                                              

your assertions –

with claims to knowledge – claims to certainty –

has come to nothing –

such claims might have given you a sense of security –

of foundation –

but ‘if such things as I don’t dream of at present were to happen’

those claims would be seen for what they really are –

illusory –

and what you are left with –

is what you started with –

uncertainty

© greg t. charlton. 2010.