Re: virus: Axioms

Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:50:00 -0000

Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
>Robin Faichney wrote:
>>
>>Of course, the insistence that people see "it" for themselves
>>contradicts the Objectivist characterisation, but I'm sure that
>>Objectivism's immune system is effective against memes
>>such as that.
>
>How can people see "it" for themselves if they start with axiom 4
>(the Buddhism is how to do it) ?

Perhaps no 4 is not an axiom.

What it is, is a set of guidelines which, if followed, enable you to
see the truth for yourself. Come to think of it, it is definitely not
an
axiom, but rather the means by which the validity of the 3 previous
"Noble Truths", which are axioms, can be demonstrated. (That
life generally is full of dissatisfaction, why that is so, and that
something can be done about it.) Sorry for my thoughtless
presentation of all 4 as axioms.

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Robin Faichney
r.j.faichney@stirling.ac.uk
http://www.stir.ac.uk/envsci/staff/rjf1/