From: Trivik Bhavneni (trivik@stwing.upenn.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 30 2002 - 18:20:08 GMT
> Pardon my ignorance of Christianity but isn't there something about
> judgment day where your life is reviewed and if you haven't been "good"
> you're sent straight to hell? Wittgenstein seems to hint at something
> like that by referring to a "bad" life.
if i remeber correctly Wittgenstein was a committed christian. and like
all good homosexual christians hated himself for his basic biological
urges.
> > I don't think and feel and act the way that I do
> > because I have a hope of a reward after death. I am the way that I am
> > because it is 'the way the truth and the life' - in this life. It makes
> > sense to me, it feels right, it seems to hold more truth and meaning than
> > anything else I've come across.
> What captured my attention most of all in both Sam's and Wim's posts
> was their use of the word "meaning" which served as a synonym for
> "value."
if the interpretation is accepted by the person who penned the paragraph,
then i see a contradiction.
claim 1: i live my life based on quality.
claim 2: quality exists (before/while/after i die)
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claim 3: my life is not based on a part of me that lives on
1 + 2 not equal to 3
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