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Subject: Re: Tom Craver vs Plato (on the topic of rationality)
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Date: Fri, 19-Aug-83 13:20:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 19 13:20:47 1983
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Plato and the Sword:

The reasoning behind this analogy is as follows; when I borrow a sword
from my friend Damocles, he is giving me a tool for some possible uses
(given that I am sane at the time).  When I return the same object to him,
when he is insane, it is NOT the same thing.

A similar analogy would be my friend Benje who threw a bucket of water over
my head when I was on fire, thus saving my life.  If he were drowning,
and I returned the same object to him, a bucket of water, I would not be
returning his favor.  

--Greg Davidson (taken from a Political Theory seminar at Swarthmore College)
Also leaving EOS forever in about 5 hours, so I'm sorry but I won't be here
to hear this out.