on certainty 570

570. “I know this is my name; among us any grown-up knows what his name is.”

this is pure rhetoric –

the attempt to persuade –

using the idea of the ‘authority’ of knowledge –

and the ‘authority’ of being a grown up –

to do so

the only authority is authorship –

claiming authorship of your assertions –

is irrelevant and unnecessary

claiming an authority beyond authorship –

is false and deceptive 

© greg t. charlton. 2010.