scepticism is an understanding of relationship of
subject and object
the subject is contained within the object
this is a given
how we explain it is another thing
it is a given -
because - to speak of a subject - the category
presupposes a definitiveness
the subject is 'a something'
what?
well at the very least we can place it within the object
we must - for it is the object - the world - that defines the
subject
the subject is within
the question is - can the subject - define the world
its context
the domain beyond its boundaries
the answer is yes and no
the subject can describe what it 'sees' - what it knows -
this knowledge though - by definition is strictly limited
the subject can never transcend the object
(if it did so - it would by definition cease to be what
it is - at the very least - 'within')
it is the subject's awareness - consciousness of its
definition -
that leads it to the quest for definition of the totality
it is the assumption that - as the totality - the object
defines (and this is to speak metaphorically) - so it too
can be defined
this is not so
for definition requires containment
to be defined - x must be within - that is its definition -
or the ground of its definition
anything specific you say on top of this - what we normally
call definition is prefaced
on this ontological fact
the world - is not - cannot be within
it is by its nature - not within - hence - its status
as object
the world cannot be defined
the illusion that it can be - is an illusion - or a mistake
of the subject - a wish - if you like - that the object -
is not an object - but in truth - a subject
God as you can see slots in well here
our knowledge - our descriptions - of the world itself -
i.e. science - other metaphysical descriptions - are but
imaginative constructions
deep fantasies of the subject
subjectivizations of the object
in saying this though I am not devaluing such projections
it is clear
they are necessary for the human being
it is the nature of consciousness to project itself
onto the world
to imprint the object with subjectivity - to thus identify
it - know it if you like
for what reason?
the reason is - the emptiness of the object
here again
the object - the totality is without definition
the primary function of consciousness is to give definition
to that which is not defined
the relationship is perfect
the object defines the subject
the subject gives definition to the object
knowledge is just this
as it were - the rush of being to nothingness
the act is futile and necessary
it is without reason
it is just what happens -
and no different to any other happening in the world
you need to understand the world as mindless to see
its purity
