Thursday, November 22, 2012
On Relationalism
Thereupon, the Venerable Nagasena said to King Milinda…" How then did
you come on foot, or on a mount?" "I did not come, Sir, on foot, but on a
chariot."
"If you have come on a chariot, then please explain to me what a chariot is.
Is the pole the chariot?"
"No, Reverend Sir!"
"Is then the axle the chariot?"
"No, Reverend Sir!"
"Is it then the wheels, or the framework, of the flag-staff, or the yoke, or the
reins, or the goad-stick?"
"No, Reverend Sir!"
…"Then, ask as I may, I can discover no chariot at all. This "chariot" is just
a mere sound. But what is the real chariot? Your Majesty has told a lie, has
spoken a falsehood! There is really no chariot!...”
But King Milinda said to Nagasena: "I have not, Nagasena, spoken a
falsehood. For it is in dependence on the pole, the axle, the wheels, the
framework, the flag-staff, etc, there takes place this denomination "chariot",
this designation, this conceptual term, a current appellation and a mere
name."
"Your Majesty has spoken well about the chariot…”
(From The Questions of King Milinda)
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