Understanding hindered.
July 16th, 2008
The image shows one of the stepping stones leading to my house. In mixing the cement I asked myself, “What words deserve being set in stone?” My choices are set in stepping stones. They are observations about the mechanics of being; notes on how the world is. No complaints, no visions of how the world ought to be, no fantasies, no prayers. Just pithy surmise from observations.
In stepping on the stones, most people take no notice whatever, that they are walking on words. A very few say something to me on the text content. And one person demonstrated considerable strength of character in saying of the text shown in the image that he didn’t know what it meant. He said what others dared not say. Only inner confidence allows one to profess ignorance. I respect people who can do it.
I offer examples below to illustrate the text, “Nothing so hinders understanding as notions of justice.”
The first example is this: In medieval times, items were held to possess ‘intrinsic value’ - a just value. The price of an item should be its just value. People battled over the just value of a thing. People argue over it today!