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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (11057)	1/19/2002 9:30:32 AM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 23908

Such ridiculous assumptions that no one with any intelligence pays any attention.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (11057)	1/19/2002 8:20:13 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

It is another question whether or not diversity should be applied to the truth. Are there, can there be, multiple, diverse "truths?" If there are, which "truth" should win? The one that is most loudly argued or most persuasively phrased? Diverse "truths are possible only if "truth" is understood to mean something like "point of view." But even then not every point of view, no matter how persuasively it is put across, or with what intensity it is argued, can be equally valid. The notion of diversity does not extend to truth. Students of the modern world may think it is a matter of indifference whether or not Aristotle stole his philosophy from Egypt. They may believe that even if the story is not true, it can be used to serve a positive purpose. But the question, and many others like it, should be a matter of serious concern to everyone, because if you assert that he did steal his philosophy, you are prepared to ignore or to conceal a substantial body of historical evidence that proves the contrary. Once you start doing that, you can have no scientific or even social-scientific discourse, nor can you have a community, or a university. martinlutherking.org