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Some things being above reason
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RE: Some things being above reason
(November 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: It never ceases to amaze me that on the one hand, a person can claim some phenomena or entity to be ineffable, and then in the same breath, describe it's qualities.

Some could say, as some do with God, that we can only approach something that is ineffable by saying what it is not, a via negativa of sorts.
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Some things being above reason - by Dolorian - November 7, 2014 at 2:58 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by abaris - November 7, 2014 at 3:24 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Faith No More - November 7, 2014 at 3:42 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Mudhammam - November 7, 2014 at 3:54 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Thumpalumpacus - November 7, 2014 at 4:12 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Pitsligo - November 10, 2014 at 9:00 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by robvalue - November 7, 2014 at 4:19 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 8, 2014 at 12:37 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Minimalist - November 8, 2014 at 12:47 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 8, 2014 at 12:55 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Minimalist - November 12, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by robvalue - November 8, 2014 at 4:59 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 8, 2014 at 9:13 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 10, 2014 at 9:48 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by genkaus - November 10, 2014 at 9:50 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 12, 2014 at 9:29 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chas - November 15, 2014 at 12:01 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 15, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 16, 2014 at 8:37 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 17, 2014 at 10:29 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Neo-Scholastic - November 17, 2014 at 11:42 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by FifthElement - November 18, 2014 at 12:37 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Piscinin - November 18, 2014 at 8:19 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 10, 2014 at 11:49 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Dystopia - November 10, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Angrboda - November 10, 2014 at 11:58 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chad32 - November 10, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Jackalope - November 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Dolorian - November 10, 2014 at 10:17 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 11, 2014 at 2:24 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Rayaan - November 11, 2014 at 4:29 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chad32 - November 11, 2014 at 10:58 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by abaris - November 11, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Chas - November 11, 2014 at 11:09 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 11, 2014 at 11:26 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by Rayaan - November 12, 2014 at 1:47 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by TreeSapNest - November 12, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Wyrd of Gawd - November 15, 2014 at 5:35 am
RE: Some things being above reason - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by g0sU - November 15, 2014 at 7:01 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2014 at 9:32 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by Whateverist - November 17, 2014 at 11:53 pm
RE: Some things being above reason - by dyresand - November 18, 2014 at 12:11 am

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