[T]he 'fact' that something is a 'fact' is no guarantee that what is agreed to be a 'fact' exists.I suggest making this the Clipmarks Clippers Community's [CCC] motto (in case CCC is and/or exists). This one is just deep humor in wordplay, right? Cause I'm not sure if I'm with you anymore. I've been greatly appreciating the depth and uncommon nature of your previous several clips but, now tell me....if this is not humorous wordplay, and they ARE trying to be "heavy" here, it amounts to little more than moving lessons of proper grammar to new levels of pomp. So what is it? ---On 2nd read, yeah, it is rather mind expanding after all. Does a mind good to take a trip down those strings. Things DO exist which are not in the physical realm, yes? I gathered that the "enlightened" answer is "No, only moving objects exist" I contend motion exists as a principle or concept. No you can't touch motion. Only the moving objects. Shouldn't THAT have been the question? Sometime I am so clever I can't understand a word I write. On the other hand, as well as having fun parodying and doing word play, sometimes what appears to be be nugatory nonsense at closer inspection contains a rigorous structure of meaning, and often the imitation of the various styles of writing which imply a universal authority - such as philosophical discourse, social science 'objectivity', most of all cultural studies - itself can be a puncturing of pomp, an ongoing attrition against the hilarious proclamations of the all-knowing and omnipotent. And please don't ask me to clarify: I haven't a clue what I am writing about!  Philosophical realism If you Exist you're from L.A. If you Is you're from Alabama Depends on whether you want to describe existence as a verb, a noun, an adjective or a curse. Is seems more direct, and objective, present tense. Exist seems more vague transient and subjective, perhaps implying life. Is can open an argument. Exist needs an introduction, or a suffix. The definitions will continue until we A) work out the distinction between the transient and the absolute. B) A clearer or more complete definition of the word 'Life' C) The invention of a few more words that we can use when 'Is", and 'Exist' aren't good enough any more D) All of the above. Exist has 5 characters, Is has 2. Is seems like a great wor... I said a while ago I would visit CM if only to read your comments, pokkets. What is in this one is not an existing sum of parts but an expression, a talking voice which is the most exquisite development of all that humans may achieve. Failed English? Congratulations. Being able to talk when all the thick existence of authority insists that you are incapable of being in the world and have no voice, nor deserve one, nor logically can possibly own one, is the rare grace of the power to be. What we think influences what we say and write, what we hear and read affects the way we think.That's what I was told by my German teacher when she caught me reading a Mickey Mouse comic book under the school desk. A little later she addressed us to Heinrich von Kleist's "Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden" (On the gradual development of thoughts in the process of speaking) and to Plato's Allegory of the Cave; and I learnt that my teacher had been only half right. The necessary complement is: The way we think determines what we hear and read, what we say and write is the motor of our thoughts. |
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