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Post #106,888
by Another Scott
6/22/03 1:58:26 PM
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New Did Tommy really write that? And you're quoting Pete.
I read a little of St. Thomas in HS and college but don't recall seeing your interesting quote. Do you have a cite?

And you seem to be quoting Pete Townshend there at the end. :-) [link|http://www.reallyrics.com/lyrics/P006900010022.asp|Let's see action] from his [link|http://www.meherbaba.co.uk/music.htm|Baba] phase:

Nothing is, everything
Everything is, nothing


Cheers,
Scott.
(Who just had a D'Oh! moment about Baba O'Reily...)
Post #106,894
by Andrew Grygus
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6/22/03 2:52:41 PM
6/22/03 2:56:58 PM
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New Re: Did Tommy really write that? And you're quoting Pete.
No, I don't know if Tommy did write that, he said it. After enlightnment he never wrote again, at least not anything theological. The book he was writing at the time was abandoned where it sat. You can get all the cites you want by doing a Google search on "Thomas Aquinas" "nothing but straw".

Well, Pete Townshend got it elsewhere. Aleister Crowley expounded on this stuff and explained it 100 ways from Sunday back around 1900, but made no claim to being original. He extracted from ancient philosophies.

Nothing = Everything
Everything = Nothing
Zero = Infinity
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
Expand Edited by Andrew Grygus June 22, 2003, 02:56:58 PM EDT
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     Must we...? - (tseliot) - (33) - June 21, 2003, 01:01:44 PM EDT
         Re: Must we...? - (deSitter) - (5) - June 21, 2003, 01:11:50 PM EDT
             Nice try. - (tseliot) - (2) - June 21, 2003, 02:25:13 PM EDT
                 Hmm. A couple of passages. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 21, 2003, 09:39:22 PM EDT
                     Always a "yes, but" :) - (tseliot) - June 22, 2003, 12:31:20 AM EDT
             Sorry, I've got to. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 21, 2003, 04:38:13 PM EDT
                 Well said; hadn't thought about that before. -NT - (tseliot) - June 22, 2003, 12:34:05 AM EDT
         here's a take from about 45 years ago - (rcareaga) - June 21, 2003, 05:41:37 PM EDT
         Omnipotent with a twisted sense of humor -NT - (boxley) - June 21, 2003, 05:57:40 PM EDT
         An interesting synchronicity with your sig. - (Ashton) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 01:47:58 AM EDT
             Meh. Narrow is the way. -NT - (tseliot) - June 22, 2003, 02:09:21 AM EDT
         Yank chain . . . big noise! - (Andrew Grygus) - (22) - June 22, 2003, 01:45:32 PM EDT
             Did Tommy really write that? And you're quoting Pete. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 01:58:26 PM EDT
                 Re: Did Tommy really write that? And you're quoting Pete. - (Andrew Grygus) - June 22, 2003, 02:56:58 PM EDT
             Synchronicity... - (admin) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 03:10:18 PM EDT
                 Betcha - (Ashton) - June 22, 2003, 10:04:14 PM EDT
             Question: - (tseliot) - (12) - June 22, 2003, 03:59:39 PM EDT
                 Evidence? I thought we were discussing religion. - (Andrew Grygus) - (11) - June 22, 2003, 06:35:01 PM EDT
                     Not necessarily - (tseliot) - (7) - June 22, 2003, 08:00:54 PM EDT
                         From the viewpoint of "God is Without Limit" . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 09:18:43 PM EDT
                             I think I made it clear earlier in this thread... - (tseliot) - June 23, 2003, 01:53:20 AM EDT
                         To speak of Reality! - (Ashton) - (4) - June 22, 2003, 10:02:51 PM EDT
                             G_d exists, we see or dont see in different ways - (boxley) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 10:17:09 PM EDT
                                 If you Could 'describe' - (Ashton) - June 22, 2003, 11:15:00 PM EDT
                             And once again, you're doing the very thing you rail against -NT - (tseliot) - (1) - June 23, 2003, 01:42:38 AM EDT
                                 Heh.. only if you imagine - (Ashton) - June 23, 2003, 04:01:35 PM EDT
                     I may notice, or I may notice something different - (ben_tilly) - (2) - June 22, 2003, 08:27:28 PM EDT
                         Unless you look at the smallest viable unit. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 09:02:00 PM EDT
                             The smallest viable unit is smaller than that... - (ben_tilly) - June 22, 2003, 10:24:19 PM EDT
             'No-Thing-ness' - (Ashton) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 09:34:29 PM EDT
                 Exactly - (deSitter) - June 23, 2003, 09:17:36 PM EDT
             God is hard to define - (orion) - (2) - June 22, 2003, 09:47:32 PM EDT
                 Re: God is hard to define - umm Really ?? - (Ashton) - (1) - June 22, 2003, 10:21:01 PM EDT
                     Shine the light of truth, brother! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - June 22, 2003, 10:36:51 PM EDT

Now listen closely, for here the plot does twist.
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