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To: Gadsden1st
You must start with an unprovable Belief, a Faith in some "Authority" to prove your arguments.

Not true. Arguments may begin from first principles; principles where the predicate follows from simple apprehension of the subject. An example is the first principle of ethics, that "good should be done and evil avoided." First principles do not require faith.

242 posted on 11/29/2005 6:35:27 PM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan

I think, therefore I am....tired and going to bed. Thanks for your good will and patience. And will be happy to discuss your acceptance of the first principle of ethics as an act of faith another time.


246 posted on 11/29/2005 6:41:18 PM PST by Gadsden1st
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