on certainty 567

567. And now, is my knowledge that I am called L.W. of the same kind as knowledge that water boils at 100 degrees C? Of course, this question is wrongly put.

my knowledge that I am called …

is an assertion

that water boils at 100 degrees C

is an assertion –

and if it is understood that these assertions –

indeed any assertion –

is open to question –

open to doubt –

the question is not –

wrongly put

beyond authorship –

any claim to an authority is rhetorical –

and its point is persuasion

it is a false claim to authority –

its ground is deception –

in or out of context

‘God’ – is the ultimate –

rhetorical devise

© greg t. charlton. 2010.