“I resent this whole everything happens for a reason thing.
Of course if you look back on things you can link
experiences
together and say that that is reason. Every action
has a
consequence, the consequence of that action is not
necessarily
the reason for that action.” (Packet Response 11:00 Thur)
People are more important
than Ideas.
Ideas are more important
that People.
Both statements are equally
true. True?
Arguing-out the truth of
these 2 statements
is more important than the
truth of either
agree?
Drawing distinctions is
the heart of thinking.
Arguing-them-out is the
heart of relationship.
Relating them is the heart
of liberal art, yes?
Anything can be said,
claimed, expressed.
Whether any one or more
agrees is what
counts. Agreeability.
Crucial. Need we
argue?
The distinction above
between consequence
and reason is brilliant. Consequence
is the
sequence following any
action. Reason =
ratios, rational,
rationalization: a measurement
relationship between some arbitrary
this and that.
Are you rational? Aware of your
measurementalism? Logical? Cconscious
of your syllogisms?
I am determined by our terms. Not by their
denotations, but by their
connotations. Failure.
Rape. Foolish. Panic.
Suffer. Guilt. Hate.
Perfectly good descriptive
terms that explain
but nevertheless carry
connotations that eclipse
their expository and
aesthetic benefits.
“Everything happens for a
reason.”
Everything happens.
Reason’s why
Cause & Affect
Because & Affect
Interpretations
Explanations
Blamations
Scapegoats
These are add-on values we
arbitrate to suit
our individual and
collective agenda.
“There are no individual causes, no discrete
events” says John Gardner
Remarkable
and if I unpacked the implications of this
statement and applied it to
everyday life
and attempted to live by
it, I’d end up in rehab.
But it’s true. Ideas count more than people.
“For those not in love, there’s
law—to rule,
to regulate, to rectify.” (Wm Gass)
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