[Seekers] Punishment

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Hello, Ward!

At 09:52 PM 3/3/98 -0600, Ward Fenley wroteto Farrell Till as follows:
WARD:

>

>ONe) do you believe in absolutes or not?

>

>If so, trace them back to their origin and prove that they originated in

>man. 

>

>If not, 

>

>1) Do you believe in any absolutes?

>

>2) Do you believe any thing is right or wrong? Yes, it is as elementary

>as it sounds? If yes, then again, prove its origin and that it

>originated in man. If no, then I would ask you: Do you really believe

>that?



CREA
    I'm not sure that I understand what it is you are asking Farrell.  From
my days in philosophy class, we were taught that if something is called
"absolute" then it is something  "... which has an unconditioned existence,
not conditioned by, relative to, or dependent upon anything else."  (as per
__The Oxford Companion to Philsophy__).  Unless you are defining "absolute"
in some non-standard way (and if you are, you are obligated to provide
definitions for such usage), I can see no way to reconcile your coupling of
"absolutes" with your demand that one be able to "...trace them back to
their origin...", since the common definition of an "absolute" specifically
excludes any possibility of their having an origin in the first place.


With Mettaa,

Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net>


  

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