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ChristianSpeaks Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 396Iowa, USA |
When did advanced age begin to equate advanced wisom? For, surely, the wise can see the wisdom of a child. A knowledge not slaved by inhabition but drawn by emperical obviousness like a white flower not touched by light but enveloped in darkness - a nievity tha cannot be bought; only possessed by the truely wise. CS Who am I if I can't love, What am I if I can't hate, and what is the result when I can't tell the difference? Dane Barner [This message has been edited by ChristianSpeaks (08-07-2006 10:13 PM).] |
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kif kif Member
since 2006-06-01
Posts 439BCN |
I'd say you need to sort your spelling out before tackling the questions posed within this poem. It's disrespectful to the reader to not bother 'tidying up' before posting. Your premise "advanced age does not equal advanced wisdom" is not supported. A child-like knowlege is rarely empirical-how could a child know that their experience is knowlege, although naivety can be expressed as 'empirical knowlege', your 'white flower' analogy is not enough, for if something in the dark knows nothing of the light, then there is no knowlege, only experience. Naivety can be bought, think MacDonalds and toy adverts at tea-time, and it certainly is nothing to do with the 'truly wise.' The 'wise' are not innocent to knowlege. To your question, the answer, to be glib, rests on this poem. |
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David D Jerald Member
since 2006-08-07
Posts 74Tucson, Arizona |
Dear Christian Speaks, Its hard to tell the difference from love and hate sometimes. The yin and the yang teaches us where there is hate there is love. And always remember your a poet not a reporter writing a newspaper article. Keep writing. Quote for ya. The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads to madness. Christopher Morley |
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