So are we dwarves riding on the necks of giants, for we have seen their wisdom and we surpass it. And it is by virtue of their wisdom that we have the wisdom to say all that we say, not that we are greater than they. /me discovers himself in the world of David Brent > -----Original Message----- > From: thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org > [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Luther, Ron > Sent: 21 November 2002 17:27 > To: thechat at lists.evolt.org > Subject: RE: [thechat] Learn from my mistakes > > > Does not an empathic understanding of another's experience > become our knowledge? > > [as in a paraphrase of Darwin's 'seeing further from standing > on the shoulders of giants'.] > > RonL. > ("as foretold by the prophecy" ... which I suppose could merely > be viewed as an earlier version of "as seen on TV"!) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Beresford [mailto:n.beresford at anansi.co.uk] > > No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience > > ___________________________________ > thechat mailing list - Here bee Snow-beastes! > thechat at lists.evolt.org > http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/thechat > http://lists.evolt.org/thechatarchive/ > ____ > Please support the community that supports you. Give your bit to > evolt.org at: http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/