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Entry: Theosis in White Harlem Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/theosis_in_white_harlem#8600 Post contents: Mr. Purcell, you wrote: "You can’t argue with an “it seems to me!” Certainly you can and so can I, and that is, in fact, what we are always arguing with. This is so because each of us being creatures has only a perspective on reality, and so we reason with each other in order enrich the other with our perspective. Of course some perspectives are more limited than others, and some people try to turn away from reality, but this can never be done completely: everyone has something to report. You then wrote: “But it seems fair to say that if my thought has an informing principle of order I haven’t, at least here, brought it out of the closet. “ My objection is not that your thought in general has no informing principle, but that your thought as displayed in this article lacks a thorough informing by an ordering principle. (Underline "as displayed in this article" and "thorough.") Since my last post I have read with interest your article on Russell Kirk, and begin to see better your intellectual affinities. Thank you for your reply. Mr. Purcell, you wrote: "You can’t argue with an “it seems to me!” Certainly you can and so can I, and that is, in fact, what we are always arguing with. This is so because each of us being creatures has only a perspective on reality and so we reason with each other in order enrich the other with our perspective. Of course some perspectives are more limited than others, and some people try to turn away from reality, but this can never be done completely: everyone has something to report. You then wrote: “But it seems fair to say that if my thought has an informing principle of order I haven’t, at least here, brought it out of the closet. “ My objection is not that your thought in general has no informing principle, but that your thought as displayed in this article lacks a thorough informing by an ordering principle. (Underline "as displayed in this article" and "thorough.") Of course, perhaps it is there and I missed it. Since my last post I have read with interest your article on Russell Kirk, and begin to see better your intellectual affinities. Thank you for your reply. Sent at: 2008 09 06