[Buddha-l] nice SKT adage

[James A Stroble]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:05 +0200
Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> 
> Op 23-5-2013 9:02, James A Stroble schreef:
> > On Wed, 22 May 2013 22:31:36 -0600
> > Richard Hayes<richard.hayes.unm at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> On May 22, 2013, at 16:43, "Jo"<ugg-5 at spro.net>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
> >> He who sees sees. Well, yes, that would be the case.
> > Tautology.  Question is, who sees?
> >
> >
> >
> In the TV show QI, where Stephen Fry asks all kinds of questions to a 
> panel of comedians, there is a round called 'General Ignorance' where 
> you can score extra negative points for an answer that echoes general 
> misgivings. Richard and James both just hit this jackpot! Well done,
> Jo! Of course words are no svabhāva's that always have their own
> meaning, independent of their place in a proposition. And besides
> that words are homonyms, metaphors and much more. But alas some
> people still live under the illusion that logic has anything to do
> with meaning. It is as if when a reader would react to this with
> something like 'Oh I see', and I would answer 'Yes of course
> otherwise you wouldn't be able to read an email'.
> 
> Erik

I don't get it?   But it has been rather dark here recently. 

-- 
Yours, 

James Andy Stroble
Leeward Community College