[Oe List ...] Very close to the indicative is the imperative

[Herman Greene]

Thanks for the recommendation, Jann

 

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Randy, Herman, et al,

 

If you haven't seen the movie, "The Last Station" about Tolstoy's last days,
it is excellent. In the view of that movie, it was Tolstoy's followers, not
him, who insisted that his views were real.

 

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. 

 

Love and blessings,

Jann

 

In a message dated 11/27/2010 11:31:34 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
rcwmbw at yahoo.com writes:



Herman,

 

Does anyone in fact "see the world as it is"?   Doesn't everyone rather "see
the world as they see the world."  I.e., is there any world view that is not
subjective?  I would caution that our "views of the world," much like our
"stories of reality," are not "the world" and are not "reality."  They are
our views and stories.  In fact, isn't that what Brooks is trying to say
about Tolstoy, that he forgot, or never knew, that his views and stories
were perceptions, and thus presented them as the "real thing" and insisted
that everyone receive them as such?  My guess is that Tolstoy did not allow
people to see the world as it is, but rather to see it as he saw it.

 

Help me out here.  I may be way off base.

 

Randy

 

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