'What is your name?' 'Kate Riley.' 'Do you deny having written the following?':
> On a point of information, this is Anselm, which means that you'd be talking
> with 11th century thinkers. By the 17th century you would be talking to
> Locke, who believed (and I'm sure most on this list would agree, including
> myself) that one is not justified in holding a belief, any belief, without
> rational justification. Difficulties and disputes rise here as to what
> constitutes "rational justification," but that's a discussion for another
> time.
I'd had Spinoza in mind when I'd written that.
> First, I don't think you are denying the necessary existence of first
> principles. If you are, however, let me know and I'll gladly prove you
> wrong.
> Second, could you please tell me why 1+1=2?
By invention. :p
-Dan
-unless you love someone-
-nothing else makes any sense-
e.e. cummings