May 26:
There is
something
rather than
nothing
for the
same reason
there would be
nothing
rather than
something
were that
the
case.
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The above is not a poem. According to my poetics. True, it has flow breaks. It is, however, informrature--because its clear intention is to inform, to impart knowledge. It occurred to me the other day as a good expression of something I've believed ("known," I would say) since I was 19. I had been reading some philosopher in Free Inquiry on the question it concerns and found him absurdly dense. Still don't know whether he was reasonable or not, not being able to get beyond his first paragraph. It's here because I want to get this entry out of the way without using my brain in any manner at all. I have a chore I have to get to as soon as possible. Can't remember what it was, though. . . .
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