RE: Thomism: Then & Now
November 1, 2021 at 2:40 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2021 at 2:45 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Mereological nihilism is an error theory. It doesn't add confusion - it correctly observes that there is confusion. It posits that this confusion in endemic to categorization. It's a problem for the form of the bed as a concept if there are no boundaries to that form. If everything is a bed when we're tired - and nothing is a bed when we're energetic.
When we call something a bed, and say that it has the form of a bed..we are not (then) talking about the thing..but about ourselves......or a form of the thing, but about a need of ourselves. Picking out what portion of a fundamentally enmeshed and factually indistinguishable bit of reality is useful to that subjectively true comment and need - but does not report what our comments purport to report about( or as) the object itself.
When we call something a bed, and say that it has the form of a bed..we are not (then) talking about the thing..but about ourselves......or a form of the thing, but about a need of ourselves. Picking out what portion of a fundamentally enmeshed and factually indistinguishable bit of reality is useful to that subjectively true comment and need - but does not report what our comments purport to report about( or as) the object itself.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
