Hi,
I think the philosophers lost their learning opportunity by initially
assuming that there was a single most important bit of knowledge for
everyone to learn, that it was known and known to be such by at least one
being, the angel, but not by them. (I suspect that in fact it would not be
the same for everyone.) They rejected their responsibility to decide what
it was most important (or desirable) to learn.
I found myself smiling as the circumstances of the story would have
answered a question which has consumed a vast amount of mental and
physical energy throughout recorded time: the existence of God and angels.
Greg Brown
theraven@stlnet.com
> DP's remark on my msg carrying the story of the Angel and the Philosophers
> made me realize that I'd wasted a perfectly good topic for discussion. Let
> me re-tell the story and ask you right from the start: what went wrong
> with the philosophers?
>
> [Host's Note: I try not to distribute anything twice... The story is in
> Bruno's previous msg, LO23547. You can find this on the web at
> http://www.learning-org.com/99.12/thread.html#92
> ..Rick]
--"Greg Brown" <theraven@stlnet.com>
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