On 01-04-98 Frank Masingill wrote to David Martorana... 
 
        Hello Frank, 
  
 FM> FM> NihilISM basically presents a "system" of opinion which denies 
 FM> FM> the 
 FM> FM> validity of philosophy as a valid approach as it grew from the 
 FM> FM>time of 
 FM> FM> Parmenides through the various revelations of human reason down 
 FM> FM> through 
 FM> FM> centuries of western civilization to the present. It became 
 
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 FM> DM> Frank! You are playing the "partial true" card. By garnering some 
   
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 FM> DM> I see the "nihil" as essentially positive (if seeming dark in 
 FM> DM> todays 
 FM> DM> thinking). I see it not an "escape valve", but as just 
   
 FM>    I must plead ignorance of what a "partial true" card is but as 
 
  "Partial true" card is in keeping with his reality of greyness, 
I have used "Fuzzy Logic," where one can have partial truths.  
  
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 FM>      I know you dislike "historical samples" so citing the situations 
 
  IMO, some interesting thoughts were expressed by Sowell in 
"A Conflict of Visions" on -some's- dislike of "historical 
samples."  His reason, "historical examples" often go 
against an individuals "vision of human nature" resulting 
in "pyschic pain" for the individual.  Pain something to be 
avoided, the individual avoids that which gives the pain, 
history that is contrary to their "vision of human nature." 
 
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Take care, 
John 
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