Dvaita and Sophistry - Part 2(Reality and Unreality)

kalyan chakravarthy kalyan_kc at HOTMAIL.COM
Fri Mar 14 18:21:24 CST 2003


Namaskaaram,


>That's fine.  Even so, it suffices to show that difference is a quality,
>which was the point you questioned.

How do you accept a definition which seriously falls short of explaining all
aspects?

Best Regards
Kalyan





>From: Shrisha Rao <shrao at NYX.NET>
>Reply-To: List for advaita vedanta as taught by Shri Shankara
><ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
>To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
>Subject: Re: Dvaita and Sophistry - Part 2(Reality and Unreality)
>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:51:06 -0700
>
>On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, kalyan chakravarthy wrote:
>
> > >Try the dictionary, which defines difference as "the quality of being
> > >unlike or dissimilar," etc.  If you are using `difference' to mean
> > >something else than the standard meaning, (i) you first would have to
> > >supply and justify an alternative meaning for it, and (ii) justify your
> > >criticisms as carrying over in spite of the non-standard usage.
> >
> > The dictionary meaning is useless for evaluation of a concept from the
> > philosophical point of view. It just mentions difference as a quality
> > without telling where that quality is held.
>
>That's fine.  Even so, it suffices to show that difference is a quality,
>which was the point you questioned.
>
>Regards,
>
>Shrisha Rao
>
> > Kalyan


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