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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent
I don't understand how you could read that essay and get that out of it. He only 'attacks' logical positivism insofar as he points out its fundamental limit, that it doesn't give us a complete, profound understanding of reality. He actually affirms its usefulness. Quite ironically, logical positivism had nothing to do with the seven wonders of the world (hello, it's a 20th century movement), in fact, most of them were the result of religious inspiration (for instance, the Egyptian pharaohs were considered divine incarnations, similar to what Alan Watts believes). Mathematics was probably involved as well, but Plato would consider that a form of divine inspiration as well.
In a sense though, you're right, since he does refer to 'it' as no-thing.
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It might be a movement in the 20th century but it started in the 19th century with people like Comte and other positivism thinkers.
Not all Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were religious, (a religious light house for religious boats?) Even though in the ancient time some of them were religious in nature, it was during the Englightenment that they were redifine as scientific acheivements. The knowlegde that the ancients possess the technology to build the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World became a mallet were Secularist beat their drums with saying the Church stopped scientific thought & progress during the Dark Ages. Which isn't the case.
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Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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