From: Mati Palm-Leis (mpalm@merr.com)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 12:43:58 GMT
Paul,
I loved the heading, thanks. And I appreciated you explanation and will
think about it some more.
Some time ago I brought up this issue with Bo. Basically I think that
opportunities for the "potential" S/O split surely existed before
Aristotle. I will use the analogy of cut wood. This morning as I was
stoking the stove and noted a 4 inch round piece of maple that had dried
and had a clear crack that traversed along the entire log, but even with
this crack the log wasn't split. I am guess with a light swing of my ax
it would be ripe to come apart.
I see the S/O divide in a similar fashion. Pirsig even points out that
it is hard to pin point exactly where the S/O divide takes place. I
believe we can clearly see it with Aristotle. Other areas we clearly see
the crack but we don't see the full split. I did look it up and
Protagoras was around 500.bc. that puts in the realm with Thales,
Anaximander, Anaximenes, and others, which were the precursor I am sure
to Aristotle S/O split.
Take care
Mati
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