X-Message-Number: 20998
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 23:18:32 -0700
From: Mike Perry <>
Subject: Perfection

I liked Thomas Donaldson's comments on perfection, and agree its attainment 
is unlikely. It occurs that in a sense we would not want to be "perfect" 
anyway, because that would rob us of any incentive to do anything, wouldn't 
it? We must always have new ground to cover, and also, a motive to do the 
covering, which means a perceived state of wanting something, that is to 
say, an imperfection. It's interesting that this line of thinking can give 
the theist a hard time, since God is supposed to be a "perfect" being. A 
perfect entity may exist in some sense, but arguably that could not be a 
sentient being, conscious of an ever-changing and unprecedented present, 
with motives to act or at least take in new experiences.

Mike Perry

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