[lbo-talk] Reich on sex & religion

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Wed Dec 29 18:11:12 PST 2004


truth & consensus

Interesting factoid -- there was a time in the English language when "truth" and "troth" were wedded together in one word "treouthe."

This wededness supported the idea that the "content" of words was vouchsafed by an agreement between speakers rather than by some external science that exactly determined the relationship between sign and referent.

It's not a simple issue, but here is one thread...

Joanna



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