The brother & sister's offering

He took his own life when I was thirteen. My mother died a few years ago, but I had been estranged from her for twenty years. I did not attend her funeral.б» б«Brothers? Sisters?б» asked Tony. Philip shook his head. б«An only child.б» б«You know what comes to my mind?б» Tony interjected. б«When I was a kid, I wouldn`t eat most things my mother cooked. I`d always say пІп‚бI don`t like it,` and she`d always come back with пІп‚бHow do you know you don`t like it if you`ve never tasted it?` Your take on life reminds me of that.б» б«Many things,БЂ«Philip replied, б«can be known by virtue of pure reason. All of geometry, for example. Or one may have some partial exposure to a painful experience and extrapolate the whole from that. And one may look about, read, observe others.б» б«But your main dude, Schopenhauer,БЂ«said Tony, б«didn`t you say he made a big deal about listening to your own body, of relying onБЂ”what did you say?БЂ”your instant experience?б» б«Immediate experience.б» б«Right,immediate experience. So wouldn`t you say you`re making a major decision on secondБЂ“rate, secondhand infoБЂ”I mean info that`s not your own immediate experience?б» б«Your point is well taken, Tony, but I had my fill of direct experience after that пІп‚бconfession day` session.б» б«Again you go back to that session, Philip ...»