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Metaphysics (Score:2)

by rafael (2125)

The main problem -- besides the difficulty to translate properly any post-vedic speculative text written in sanskrit -- is that we now live in a post-Gödel (or post-Wittgenstein [kfs.org] world). All mathematical proofs of the existence of God or of the soul have failed, and can't convince anybody anymore. We now know that the language can't prove anything except about itself. Nagarjuna's demonstrations are, at best, entertaining, like Plato's Parmenides or Borges [themodernword.com]'s short stories.
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  by TorgoX (1933) <sburkeNO@SPAMcpan.org> on 2002.11.01 23:24 (#14429) Homepage Journal
  
  We now know that the language can't prove anything except about itself.
  Yes, that's Nagarjuna's point, sort of. More like: ideas disprove themselves.
  
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