RE: There is no "I" in "You"
May 23, 2016 at 6:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2016 at 6:50 pm by Gemini.)
(May 23, 2016 at 7:09 am)Rhythm Wrote: Your boy Nagarjuna, for example, was a loon. Again counting hits, ignoring misses. I get that you find this non-ghostly framework so refreshing. That it seems like there are ghosts everywhere in western philosophy. However, like the rise of buddhism...that has more to do with politics and history than philosophy or the relative skepticism of either tradition.
The fact that you object to my position by pointing out that philosophical traditions were subject to the vicissitudes of politics and history is encouraging. Because that's exactly what I'm claiming.
It's entirely a result of politics and history that we have these two separate "eastern" and "western" traditions. A consequence of this is that while there is no essential difference between them--they're both populated by humans who either face down ignorance with intelligence and courage, or capitulate to it with sophistry--they are not exactly the same in every respect. Politics and history carved arbitrary paths through them, and as a result we find that the extent to which each tradition was concerned with particular aspects of philosophy differ. More interest in logic in the west, greater tendency toward skepticism in the east.
Finally--you say Nagarjuna was a loon. Deride him as much as you want for all I care, but why not make an effort to substantiate your assertions?
A Gemma is forever.
