Pike's ghost

Lee Berman · 29 Nov 2011, 21:09 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:09:04 -0500
Subject: (urth) Pike's ghost
Message-ID: <SNT123-W35DDB61F5476A547B760C2CFB30 at phx.gbl>

>James Wynn: It only means that you are not applying to your own theories 
>the rigor to which you are with great adamance  disputing others. It is a 
>hypocrisy in which the hypocrite has satisfied himself that his hypocrisy is 
>"authentic".

I agree with what I think is James' philosophy that one should apply their
critical analysis most stringently upon one's self and one's own theories 
and ideas. Devoting one's criticism solely to the ideas of others is smug, 
cheap and easy. My impression is that James is not a hypocrite and that he
self-reviews and self-critiques to a very high level. I look up to his 
example.

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