RE: [AM] Plato on Documentation

(responding to Scott)
>
> Plato once said "...anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and
> likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be
> clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded...". Thoughts?

There are many times when I have read what some learned person
has written on a topic, and thought I understood the ideas he was 
trying to convey, only to realise, sometimes much later, that I
undersood very little on this first introduction to a topic.

Having tried to read one of the more modern philosophers, I am
for once sure I didn't understand what he was trying to say.  
Recently I have read some things (no names, no pack drill)
where I've been quite convinced *they* didn't understand what they
were trying to say.

I believe the mind needs to be in a certain state to be receptive
to the ideas that the author attempts to convey.  This is all the
more reason for the author to consider carefully his intended 
audience, and the ways in which they may be expected to think.


Paul Oldfield

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