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echo: philos
to: DAVID MARTORANA
from: MARK BLOSS
date: 1998-02-22 12:06:00
subject: `Perfection`

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>David Martorana wrote to Mark Bloss about "Perfection"
 DM> Some in a poetry of contrived samples, you manage to lift
 DM> "perfection" right out of reality! Had my "thing" been more than
 
 Indeed!  Precisely what demonstrates the imperceptible relationship
 that perfection has with reality itself.  Reality is _perfect_ - yet
 our understanding of reality is _imperfect_.  We cannot say perfection
 is that which can be grasped - because it is not graspable, except
 nuomenally.  There is nothing in reality _ACCORDING TO OUR PERCEPTION
 OF REALITY_ that is phenomenally perfect!  But that does NOT mean
 that reality is imperfect - only our perceptions of it.
 DM> just a simple machine it could still never qualify as perfect
 DM> because you always call for a design modification at the last
 DM> moment to render it imperfect. If YOU won't or cannot define the
 
 Just the same as any number can have a 1 added to it.  In fact, it 
 is precisely the same as any number - it's not infinite - any number
 in fact, is finite - but does that mean there is no such thing as
 an infinity?  Analogously, any _status_ is imperfect, because it
 can always be improved upon.  Even if the _reality_ of that status
 is perfect - our perceptions of that status will always be lacking.
 
 DM> specific "perfection" within our understanding it, then it becomes
 DM> a meaningless term. Using your cascading irrational logic, your God
 DM> is not even perfect (unless by VERY arbitrary definition, which you
 DM> do not allow me). 
 DM> Like Frank's private definitions, I'll have to learn new and
 DM> eclectic Bloss definitions. Not so bad as I'm near a point where I
 DM> will no longer need a dictionary. It does make any pretense of
 DM> understanding ever so much more "flexible" ...yes PHIL becomes ever
 DM> more a freedom from the English language!
 DM> The great treasury of the powerful mind is an ability to win
 DM> ...even if/when a little bit wrong-
 DM> 
 DM> @@ ... Dave
 DM> 
 And I'm not really certain where your heading here... 
 
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