Far Beyond Words

Thoughts on our world by the late Raymond V. Bomba. Photographs by his son, Christopher Bomba. Edited by his daughter, Mary Bomba.

Category: The Use Of Reason (A Diatribe)

WHAT ABOUT REASON?

Power grid.  Old Delhi, India.

Power grid. Old Delhi, India.

What about reason?  It can be many things,  some that are
good.  It can also be an accessory, not of action, but of
withdrawal.

Reason deals in known factors but too little in the
unknown.  In the unknown its logic is only a presumption.
It attempts to project the future through past experience.  It
too often puts a cloak around the creation of life.

The tragedy of human life is that so often one has to be
surrounded by and involved with those who reason.

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK?

Why think

Why do people think?
They often think so that they might justify
passivity and ineptitude rather than action.
Eventually they justify everything that is wrong.
They do not bear a burden for long.
They run away.
They think their way out of things.