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Abt_Nihil

on Jan. 4, 2008

Here's the last character I'm introducing to the cast. You might have guessed it's one of the angels Mercury spoke of. Some more info about him will be given later on…

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DAJB: Thanks! Just experimenting with ink ;-) As to the angels-on-a-pin-issue, it's basically the same discussion with photons today, isn't it :-) IMHO the point behind this discussion was bringing order to a chaotic mythology, to take the Christian mythology out of the hands of individuals, streamline it and hand it to the top of the hierarchy. The most prominent problem probably being the Holy Trinity: A definite solution had to be found to keep people from speculating whether Jesus was himself divine or not. So (again IMHO) people in the Scholastic tradition were one of the important forefathers of "rational" philosophy (Kant's "reason"), meaning they sought to derive clear answers from unclear questions. Their specific answers do appear ridiculous from today's perspective; but whoever ridicules the basic method would only ridicule himself - this method being rationalization. Enough rambling - Thanks for the info!
Rockster: Thanks!
Midge: Thanks, this guy here's basically just… cloaked in shadows. And yup, she kicked off the door! Dang! I think you're right on the infinity issue; see also my reply to DAJB above.