APHORISM: THE COMPETITION BETWEEN TRUTH AND MEANING. In the competitive market f

APHORISM: THE COMPETITION BETWEEN TRUTH AND MEANING.

In the competitive market for the positive of meaning by the use of literature and the negative of falsehood by the use of law, we hope that only truth survives the conflict.

Law tells us not what to do, but what not to. Why? because there is no way to test literature other than with law.

This puts some of us in the position of mother: the teller of tales, and gossip, and recipes.

It’ puts some of us in the position of father: the limits of our words, displays, and deeds.

It is more pleasant to give away meaning, than it is to take away falsehood.

Some of us must police truth just as we police services and goods.

Some of us must be fathers.