My father was an incredible person. He definitely had it less than perfect points. His ego was a foreshadowing of my ego, large and very hard to deflate. He did give us tools to walk through this world without a chip on our shoulder, though.
The concept of the Platonic Argument was something brought up at the Sunday dinner table when ever one of us kids would make a statement without any basis of proof. "The astronauts never landed on the moon" for example. The whole table would enter the discussion, and it was up to each and everyone of the participants to speak their mind and prove their points. It led to some lively discussions and some pretty funny moments.
My dad was pretty neat. I miss him, but I also have no illusion that he was perfect. I remember him mostly being gone.
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Date: 2007-11-11 05:59 pm (UTC)The concept of the Platonic Argument was something brought up at the Sunday dinner table when ever one of us kids would make a statement without any basis of proof. "The astronauts never landed on the moon" for example. The whole table would enter the discussion, and it was up to each and everyone of the participants to speak their mind and prove their points. It led to some lively discussions and some pretty funny moments.
My dad was pretty neat. I miss him, but I also have no illusion that he was perfect. I remember him mostly being gone.