tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197085881344465476.post6396581552571510336..comments2023-10-24T14:38:36.695+03:00Comments on Living Outside Time: My Socratic ReadersJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197085881344465476.post-40013502143913690882008-08-22T17:57:00.000+03:002008-08-22T17:57:00.000+03:00Are you assuming Selena that my readers don't know...Are you assuming Selena that my readers don't know their own minds, don't know what they really want?<BR/><BR/>Just because most humans, evidently as you say, don't appear to want insight, doesn't mean that all don't, surely?<BR/><BR/>Ah yes the shadow falls. Between intention and effect. Sometimes we intend and do not effect what we intend. Othertimes we have effects we did not intend. But this has more, I think, to do with the flawed, shadowy nature of our encompassing reality than it does to a weak or diminished will on the part of specific individuals.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467412541030183747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7197085881344465476.post-18184497916980698102008-08-22T12:22:00.000+03:002008-08-22T12:22:00.000+03:00“that 'acquiring knowledge, wisdom and understandi...<I>“that 'acquiring knowledge, wisdom and understanding' is the most popular purpose in life amongst my readers.”</I><BR/><BR/>As a clear refutation of the more evident forms of human behaviour, it superbly illustrated the bizarre contradictions as yet unresolved in the wishful aspirations of the human mind.<BR/><BR/>It’s a bit like intending to go on a diet, but never quite adhering to it. If I were you, Jonathan, I’d ignore those results - blithely assume the opposite!Selena Dreamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629908887644614404noreply@blogger.com