From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Mon Oct 28 2002 - 02:39:21 GMT
Calling all philosophers:
Maybe a little experimenting would be fun. I have an idea for a conversation
format that is something like the old focused forum. Perhaps we should give
it a try within these broader discussions. It'll just be one of the threads
at first, but maybe it'll evolve. The format is simple. We focus on a
passage from the book. The only requirement is that we focus on the passage.
As long as it addresses the meaning of the words in some way, anything is
game. That's all there is to it. There is no specific question posed. Or
rather, its like the question will always be, "what does this mean?" No
matter what the passage, the task is always the same; explore its meaning.
We can worry about being fair and giving everyone a chance to select these
passages on a later date. To get the ball rolling, I'll pick one that, based
on recent discussions, seems of interest. In the old focus forum we had
moderators to keep people ON the topic. In this experiment, I guess we'll
just have to bust each other for being irrelevant. I'm headed out and won't
be back until next weekend. I'll post the passage without comment and just
hope for the best. So, I ask all you philosophers, what does this mean...?
What's it all about? (chapter 9)
"When Phaedrus first read this passage he felt a kind of eerie feeling - a
feeling he might have had if he had passed in front of a strange mirror and
suddenly seen a reflection of someone he'd never expected to see. It was the
same feeling he got at the peyote meeting. This Zuni Indian was not exactly
someone else.
This was not just an isolated tribal incident going on here. This was
something of universal importance happening. This was EVERYMAN. There is not
a person alive who is not in some way or other in the kind of situation this
"witch" was in. It was just that his circumstances were so exotic and so
extreme one could now see it, by itself, out in the open."
Thanks,
dmb
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