Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 16:31:27 -0400
From: Stirling Newberry <allegro-AT-thecia.net>
Subject: Re: PLC: "Deconstruction"



>> Let me ask a question -
>
>Fire away.
>
>> do you believe that the meaning of a book is intrinsic to a book - or do
>> you believe that a book only has meaning when someone reads it?
>
>Intrinsic? Well, the intrinsic worth of a ruby is
>there no matter what the jeweler reads as its
>worth. It is natural to the gem. This is natural
>art.

By what means do you know there is "intrinsic" worth to the ruby?

Do you mean:

1. There is a platonic form that the ruby adheres to?

2. There if the ruby were looked at then the characteristics which are
labeled as "worth" would then be present - hence we can say they are there
even when not observed?

3. That there is a worth in structure itself qua structure separate from
any human judgement. The structure of the ruby is an aspect of "the good"
as Aristotle would put it?

Stirling Newberry
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