Put a soc in it... groan
Would Socrates have to change his mind if he were here to see our world? Well, no. Here he is, explaining the differences among science, technology and metaphysics.
We often lose sight of the arrow (in the story, the Buddha comes across the King who has been wounded by an arrow; the King (or in fact his advisers in the original story, but Philosophy Now has the king himself) will not have the arrow pulled out until he knows who fired it, what it is made of, where it was made, its exact shape, blah de blah. The Buddha says "Dude, pull the arrow out right now or the King will die."). That's not to say we ought not to look into what lies behind (a favourite pastime of mine), but sometimes it is better just to get on with it (reminder to self: give up with the philosophising and write the novel).
posted by Dr Zen @ 1:42 am
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