On Monday, October 11, 2004, at 11:49 AM, Ted Winslow wrote:
> jeffrey fisher wrote:
>
>> wasn't it socrates who went on and on about how no one knew what they
>> themselves were talking about, much less were they understanding
>> anyone else?
>
> Actually, it's Jeffrey Fisher who apparently believes that you can
> learn from Socrates that you can't learn anything from Socrates.
um, what? the only way i think you could get this out of what i was saying is from a deliberately hostile reading. see my post in response to mike dawson and my remarks below.
oh, yeah, and check out carrol's post on protagoras. the sophists get a bad bad rap, and imo completely undeservedly. (i keep expecting justin to chime in, here).
< snipping a bunch of really snide stuff >
> It's also consistent with your idea that those discussing this will
> necessarily divide into "friends" and "enemies."
dude, enemies is your word, not mine (it wasn't even my category, except in your head, which apparently can't think other than "friend" except as "enemy"), and judging from your hostility, itself signalled in the very post to which i replied, it looks like you (not i) were right. i can't even try to be humble without being misread (or are you saying you're deconstructing me? ahh, socratic irony!!) i also included a smily, but apparently you chose to ignore it. more evidence of a predisposition to hostility rather than charity.
i am honored, however, that you insist on misunderstanding me just the same way you misunderstand derrida. thanks!
j
ok -- i really am done, today. promise. but i'lll be watching!