'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, May 26, 2010

on certainty 482

482. It’s as if  “I know” did not tolerate a metaphysical emphasis.



I know has an authoritative emphasis –

for which there is no metaphysical basis

and from a logical point of view –

it doesn’t figure at all

it’s only claim to fame –

is  rhetorical
 

© greg t. charlton. 2010.