Aristotle says that somewhere, but I forgot where. In any case, it is true as I verified once again yesterday in Tempe, where I met up with Steven Nemes, Mike Valle, Peter Lupu and his student Scott. Before joining them I stopped at the library where I borrowed Thomas McKay's Plural Predication and Douglas Hyde's I Believed.
The conversation went on for about five hours from 2 to 7. The 19 year old Nemes has made a fairly thorough study of my book on existence (see here for links to the ten posts he has written about it) and we discussed some topics from the book. He really understands me, and has a keen eye for problems potential and actual. I jokingly call Nemes my nemesis. We also discussed free will and Biblical inerrancy. Steven floated some interesting ideas that he then today began to work out in this post.
It occurred to me today that Peter and I, sitting and smoking out in front of the Churchill cigar emporium, did a good job of instantiating the role of Sidewalk Socrates, a role Peter learned from his friend and teacher, Sidney Morgenbesser. "There are people who have a passion for discourse, who are addicted to debate, who live in a world of constant conversation, and Morgenbesser was among the purest examples of the type." The description fits Peter as well. But I chided Peter for being a 'corrupter of youth' when he offered Steven cigarettes.
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