Thoughts on Truth - Foreword

Time 2020-11-02 02:04:13

Web Name: Thoughts on Truth - Foreword

WebSite: http://thoughtsontruth.com

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ForewordWelcome wayward wandering wayfarer. If you were wondering, “Where is this wasteland where one has a view of the vast virtual void?” your surfing has brought you to the edge of the internet. Non plus ultra. You are presently precariously positioned on the precipice of the abyss at the periphery of the plenum. Civilization is back the way you came.On the deeper real world of ideas, the truth is, long ago, I was a lonely, lost soul going around solely longingly looking for truth. As a castaway from the world, I landed upon this terra nova, and founded this piece of land for I found peace in this land. I’m the single citizen of this serene, sovereign state. The structures here ideally are founded on the particular topography of the fields I experience within the landscape, and though its natural borders may shift slightly over time due to changing conditions, I asseverate that I am settled peacefully here and I have no imperial, expansionist aspirations. These pages present maps of my meditations, my writings “to myself”; where words are signposts signifying the layout of the land and indicating its edifices.This state is extremely wealthy with nothings, absences, and emptinesses, and it may be impoverished in answers, but there are possibly more questions here than anywhere else.It is open to visitors, not because I have anything to offer anyone, but because I am aware of the tortured anguish of the searcher over “the question”, the fluidity with which one frequently feels frustration, what it's like to be the constant companion of loneliness, and knowing continous confusion in the search for truth and in general. The open border policy is to provide for the possibility of another lonely, lost soul finding some succor, solace, and sanctuary in someone else’s similar search for sapience. You aren't alone in your loneliness.As for these thoughts in themselves, I am nobody nowhere presenting nothing to nobody. They are written for me. If a reader finds any refuse they can fashion into something useful, let creators ex nihilo make with this what they will.But if perchance you are a sojourner and are of magnanimous mind, have copious quantities of time, a laudable level of laboriousness, and possess the potential for a potent plethora of patience, I long to learn from others. I am amenable to kindly, well-intentioned constructive criticisms and objections, which are welcomed with gratitude and enthusiasm. And if I learn of new possible hospitable lands beyond my horizons, I might migrate to a new land. I am not, however, interested in an intellectual competition. If that is what you want - you win. I am currently engaged in rigorous training and a grueling struggle with myself to never be competitive, and I want to be victorious.Hear this pronouncement as if it came from Apollo himself, I have never claimed to be the Pythian Oracle. This site is very intentionally named "Thoughts On Truth". My written language very intentionally includes words like "seems", "appears", "I think", etc. I am not interested in rhetoric or in persuading others. I am interested in morality, accuracy, truth, and honesty. I suck at writing, so I am resolved to play and just have fun with it. Therefore, I don't take my writing too seriously. I'm not very bright, others don't find me worth noticing, and I can only understand holding myself accountable for what I can understand; but I also understand that others understand what I do not understand. I understand all of this; therefore, I don't take myself too seriously. The only conclusion I can understand about Truth is that it is essentially subjective in a very nuanced important sense. This does not mean complete relativism or an anarchy of rationality. But this does mean that I will be writing from a perspective on Truth. I will be describing the truth of my perspective on Truth. I don't claim to have the truth about the elephant; I am only describing the truth about the part of the elephant as I grasp it.I am not an authority on anything. I am not even formally educated in anything found here. I am not a scholar. I am not an historian. I am not a scientist. I am not smart. I am not wise. I am merely a philosopher in the supposed “Pythagorean” sense of the word.If you find references to people or to books, the content written here is merely my take away from them, not what those thinkers or books put forth. My writing does not claim to capture their meaning nor to be a commentary on it. References to others' works are the product of my poor reading ability, a dilettante's involvement, and my own limited understanding, and so these references are the synthesized thoughts from what I can make sense of from my reading of others' works; my thoughts on the truth of their thoughts. I certainly don't wish to suffer any of the fates of Zoilus. Again, I am not an authority or an expert on any of the subjects dealt with on this site. My formal education in philosophy, history, literature, and science, like my knowledge in general, is virtually nonexistent. I have read, but not very intensively nor extensively, a very small fraction of the literature devoted to these subjects, and so what is found here should not be accepted as an accurate account of these topics or of the contributions worthy of study within these disciplines. I hope the reader will keep these things in mind regarding the content here, and will not uncritically accept any of it as much more than merely my moronic musings. If declaring myself to be a cretin is problematic to giving my proclaimed cretinism credence, don't hasten to follow Philetas of Cos, but allow me to cut the Gordian knot and inform you that nobody puts credit in this nobody.So this site is not claiming to have anything that anyone else is looking for. It does not seek to persuade or convince the reader. It does not seek practical value. It does not promote an agenda. It is not an attempt at self-validation, intellectual competition, or pedantry. It does not seek explanation or certainty. It does not seek to make sense with what anybody else believes. It does not seek or claim to be unprecedented. It merely contains my thoughts on truth for myself...nothing more.Forgive me for being forward in the foregoing of this foreword, for morally I must be forthright, but the more formal, more formidable, less forgiving foraging foreigner has been forewarned...You knew of sprightly Flora's ritual fun,The festal jests and license of the rout.Then why, stern Cato, come to watch? Have done.Or did you come in simply to walk out? - MartialThis site and the ideas they attempt to sketch are evolving living landscapes, and I have a very little fraction of the thoughts and quotes that I have in my notebooks so it is extremely incomplete. There are many roads (links) that go nowhere, and may never go anywhere. This site was last added to on May 24, 2020. Well wishes in your travels.

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