In this weeks reading the idea that complete knowledge means giving up fixed understandings caught my eye.  The thought that we have "no starting point" reminded me strongly of the tabula rasa idea that Aristotle and Locke talked about (Sells 101).  They philosophized that we were born as a blank slate.  However, their philosophy saw knowledge as an object that could be obtained through sensory experiences and then be fixed while our reading referenced a more circular sense that includes getting rid of previous knowledge.  Thus I see our reading as us being a blank slate our whole lives in a way.
     One problem I have with this ideology is the fact that some knowledge is only comprehendible
from a point where one builds on other knowledge.  For instance, it's hard to learn calculus without first gaining a fixed understanding in basic addition, subtraction, etc.  However I agree with how one needs to rid himself/herself of previous prejudices to understand some concepts.