04-17-2011, 12:00 AM
Ninth:
The asking of an ultimately serious question, which means to be seized
in turn by an ultimately serious quest, reshapes our concepts in favor
of the kind of perception needed to "see" the desired answer.
To be
given ears to hear and eyes to see is to have one's concepts changed in
favor of the discipline. A question determines and brings about its
answer just as the desired end shapes the nature of the kind of
questions asked.
The asking of an ultimately serious question, which means to be seized
in turn by an ultimately serious quest, reshapes our concepts in favor
of the kind of perception needed to "see" the desired answer.
To be
given ears to hear and eyes to see is to have one's concepts changed in
favor of the discipline. A question determines and brings about its
answer just as the desired end shapes the nature of the kind of
questions asked.