Comments on: The Wit and Wisdom of Jason Lane http://www.framingbusiness.net/archives/160 Writings of Gavin C. Schmitt Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: strivinglife http://www.framingbusiness.net/archives/160/comment-page-1#comment-163 strivinglife Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:06:52 +0000 http://framingbusin.setupmyblog.com/2007/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-jason-lane/#comment-163 You were (are) a student of philosophy - is the first sentence in the first aphorism correct, or not? Obviously, I think, if the first sentence is correct, then the second necessarily follows. But, when we speak of tomorrow, isn't the default meaning the literal one, instead of the abstract? Or, when under the influence of drugs, does everything become abstract, and only afterwards do things become tangible? You were (are) a student of philosophy – is the first sentence in the first aphorism correct, or not? Obviously, I think, if the first sentence is correct, then the second necessarily follows. But, when we speak of tomorrow, isn’t the default meaning the literal one, instead of the abstract?

Or, when under the influence of drugs, does everything become abstract, and only afterwards do things become tangible?

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