Monday 26 April 2010

I Love Philosophy

A hole in the ground is not a presence but an absence…this does not mean you cannot fall into a hole, or that when you do you are only falling into a logical construction!

David Oderberg, “Real Essentialism” p 105.

3 comments:

  1. Lol, brilliant. Is this also applicable to hell? (Sorry, honestly I do think of things other than damnation!)

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  2. If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have learned that "hell" and "hole" are related!

    Catholic Encyclopaedia

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  3. I'd love to pretend that I knew that all along...

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