Re: terms (Psychiatrists, State,Liberty and Schizophrenia)

chasede@mis.ca
Wed, 02 Oct 1996 10:09:50 GMT

On 2 Oct 1996 02:11:02 GMT, ebc@ix.netcom.com(Errol Back-Cunningham)
wrote:

:|>>
:|>>
:|>>"The truth. No; by nature man is more afraid of the truth than of
:|>> death--and this is perfectly natural: for the truth is even more
:|>> repugnant than death to a man's natural being. What wonder,
:|>> then, that he is so afraid of it? ... For man is a social
:|>> animal--only in the herd is he happy. It is all one to him
:|>> whether it is the profoundest nonsense or the greatest
villainy--he
:|>> feels completely at ease with it, so long as it is a view of the
:|>> herd, or the action of the herd, and he is able to join the
herd."
:|>>
:|>> Soren Kierkegaard
:|>>
:|>
:|> Love it.
:|>
:|> Errol

What if the "truth" is: A life situation in which - one finds himself
being the best thing since sliced bread ?????????????? Good lover
BMW in the 2-car garage...beloved of his company, fast tracked for the
top...the church elders all dote on him etc etc etc ...

Naw. S.K.'s outta context here somehow