Plato Theaet. 155e[bxb]
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In a message dated 28/09/2006 _Bernx at aol.com_ (mailto:Bernx@aol.com) writes:
JUD [earlier]
Homocentric attribution of guilt does not make ontological sense when we
address insensate objects like a rusty nail.
BERNARD:
Then, Jud, how is it possible to say: “….deterministically causes THE
TRAUMA - [the nail or the cancer] and *that which deterministically UNDERGOES the
tissue change known as *trauma.* [the big toe or the liver tissue.].” I can
understand the deterministic possibility of cancer but of a nail??? That
reminds me of the onto-folkish days when a weapon was punished for inflicting a
wound rather than the wielder of the weapon.
Jud:
It might be best to allow one of your more famous countrymen to answer your
question for I believe that the original poem was written by
the great American Benjamin Franklin.
*”For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost;
for the want of a shoe the horse was lost;
and for the want of a horse the rider was lost,
being overtaken and slain by the enemy,
all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.”
– Benjamin Franklin
The following version is the one most British kids learn at school [well
USED TO DO when I went to school.] 
For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost.
For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost.
For the want of a horse, the rider was lost.
For the want of a rider, the battle was lost.
For the want of a battle, the kingdom was lost.
The story describes how all events are caused by a concatenational sequence
of prior happenstance.
A seemingly inconsequential detail [such as a nail carelessly dropped onto
the floor ) can lead to an *accident* such as a penetration of a big toe,
which might mean a day off work, and a subsequent escape from death, if one (for
example) worked in one of the twin Towers.
BTW The ontofolk hung a pig in a British village once for causing an
accident which led to a person’s life - such are the ontofolk.
regards,
Jud Evans.
Personal Website: http://evans-experientialism.freewebspac…
