My entry today, then, is simply the poemn to which Ciceronianus' blog entry alludes, take from it as you list:
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I love that unexpected ending. The "ah!" makes it work.
Knowledge is warranted belief -- it is the body of belief that we build up because, while living in this world, we've developed good reasons for believing it. What we know, then, is what works -- and it is, necessarily, what has worked for us, each of us individually, as a first approximation. For my other blog, on the struggles for control in the corporate suites, see www.proxypartisans.blogspot.com.
Knowledge is warranted belief -- it is the body of belief that we build up because, while living in this world, we've developed good reasons for believing it. What we know, then, is what works -- and it is, necessarily, what has worked for us, each of us individually, as a first approximation. For my other blog, on the struggles for control in the corporate suites, see www.proxypartisans.blogspot.com.
2 comments:
I've always found impressive the way he uses words; there's something melodic about it.
Thank you both. And what strikes me is that the word choice is simultaneously daring and, if I may say so, tactful. Generations "have trod, have trod, have trod...." The word "trod" is simple, though unexpected in this context, and its repetition drives home the point without any taint of self-conscious cleverness.
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