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“That was something Johnny.”
“I’ll say.”
“So he had a vision?”
“Parmenides did, one with two paths.”
“And you say one path was the Is.”
“Correct.”
“And the other Reb, it was called the Is Not.”
“Yes.”
“What was that like?”
“A goddess showed him an inscrutable path.”
“Inscrutable?”
“Impossible to understand or interpret.”
“You can’t make sense of nonsense.”
“Right Gus.”
“And a goddess told him this?”
“That’s what Parmenides said.”
“This Parmenides Johnny, did others believe him?”
“Back then, yes.”
“Now people don’t say they see goddesses.”
“It’s become uncommon.”
“So you’re saying it could still happen.”
“I wouldn’t doubt it.”
“Me either Reb.”
“You ever see a goddess Gus?”
“With you at Mount Horeb.”
“Before Morgan.”
“Right.”
“Any other time?”
“Did I see a goddess?”
“Yes.”
“I suppose so.”
“Makes sense.”
“Really?”
“Seems like you.”
“How so?”
“You spirited Gus.”
“Funny Reb.”
“True.”
“Back to Parmenides’ goddess …”
*Next Up: 1 January 2017 and part 2 of Republican Values: Gus Kotka and Johnny Reb On Our Way of Truth.
Posted by Bryan W. Brickner