tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post6097203774885609231..comments2023-06-08T07:32:39.725-05:00Comments on Aristotle's Feminist Subject: Hell BurnsJ. K. Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-3647831173247627222008-04-25T06:00:00.000-05:002008-04-25T06:00:00.000-05:00>David,Alrighty then! thanks for the push>David,<BR/>Alrighty then! thanks for the pushJ. K. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-44213186335536638362008-04-25T05:27:00.000-05:002008-04-25T05:27:00.000-05:00" . . .that it is magic. It is not a 'law,' for we..." . . .<BR/>that it is magic. It is not a 'law,' for we do not understand its general formula. It is not a necessity, for though we can count on it happening practically, we have no right to say that it must always happen. It is no argument for unalterable law (as Huxley fancied) that we count on the ordinary course of things. We do not count on it; we bet on it. We risk the remote possibility of a miracle as we do that of a poisoned pancake or a world-destroying comet. We leave it out of account, not because it is a miracle, and therefore an impossibility, but because it is a miracle, and therefore an exception. All the terms used in the science books, 'law,' 'necessity,' 'order,' 'tendency,' and so on, are really unintellectual, because they assume an inner synthesis, which we do not possess. The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in the fairy books, 'charm,' 'spell,' 'enchantment.' They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery. A tree grows fruit because it is a magic tree. Water runs downhill because it is bewitched. The sun shines because it is bewitched."<BR/><BR/>[HT Daniel Olson, and G.K. Chesterton]J. K. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-43861409481890463442008-04-24T22:35:00.000-05:002008-04-24T22:35:00.000-05:00Wow! You don't miss anything in the blog world, do...Wow! You don't miss anything in the blog world, do you? How do you do it. "We must answer that it is . . . "Daniel Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199871165522708005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-15653861996831239142008-04-24T22:27:00.000-05:002008-04-24T22:27:00.000-05:00Get back to work on that dissertation! We want you...Get back to work on that dissertation! We want you to finish it so you can devote yourself full time to blogging and hippo worship.David Kerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140007604009678479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-32119784753170935692008-04-24T19:00:00.000-05:002008-04-24T19:00:00.000-05:00Do you believe this statement I once heard from so...Do you believe this statement I once heard from someone wise? <BR/><BR/>"We practice daily what we believe; all the rest is religious talk."J. K. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-16046610427970558422008-04-24T18:20:00.000-05:002008-04-24T18:20:00.000-05:00I can only claim to be sympathetic. I tend to agre...I can only claim to be sympathetic. I tend to agree in principle but not in practice.Nathan Stitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506272374727904953noreply@blogger.com