(July 30, 2012 at 1:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: And who, without your explicit words on the subject, could make a definitive statement of knowledge with regards to that Spock? Would whatever meaning you intended to convey alter the words you committed to the page?
No one, and no.
(if our conversation has led you to imagine that you feel like socrates, then you probably have an inordinately high opinion of either yourself, or this conversation)
Agreed. I'm no Socrates. You are also no Protagoras. But we both try to become more like the ones we follow.
"If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains (no matter how improbable) must be the truth."
--Spock
--Spock