Heh. I've been on that roller coaster too. Fun perhaps, but when the
track /ends/ suddenly it can get nasty... Ahh well. I'd like to remain
without desire but, alas, I'm human. I won't welcome it, but I'm sure
it will come.
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> >[1] I beleive they thought this because they beleived the universe was
> >completely deterministic. Hope was thus seen as completely futile,
> >since you could not change the set course of events.
> Hope isn't futile. If the outsome is unknown then you can certainly hope
> for a better one then the last time.
This isn't my view of hope anyway. Just the Greek view. My view: "Hope
is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torments of man"
ERiC