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To: lurqer who wrote (24332)3/6/2003 1:47:41 AM
From: abuelita  Read Replies (1) of 104191
 
alec-

i've been waiting for you to ask that
question.

Owl instead, is the opposite of Pooh, the Knowledge for the sake of Appearing Wise, the one who studies Knowledge for the sake of Knowledge, and who keeps what he learns to himself or to his own small group, rather than working for the enlightenment of others. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something. After all, from the scholarly point of view, it's practically a crime not to know everything. But sometimes the knowledge of the scholar is a bit hard to understand because it doesn't seem to match up with our own experience of things. Isn't the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn't?

...and owl pontificates.
pooh just is.


having said that - i DO like your owl <s>

hoser
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