"I knew Aristotle of Stagyra. You're no Aristotle."
-- Lloyd Turbulo
That's a silly and truculent challenge. Oh, no Aristotle, huh. Mustn't be any good. Sheesh. I don't even care that much for Derrida, and this makes me want to reread him to find something good in him. Which I am sure there is lots. Even if it's not Aristotle.
jks
--- Turbulo at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/27/04 9:50:10 AM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes:
>
>
> > A lot of philosophy is explication of the
> everyday.
> > There's nothing terribly "profound" in Aristotle
> or Wittgenstein.
> >
> >
>
> I don't know a lot about Wittgenstein, but Aristotle
> was terribly profound
> indeed. A few examples: "All men by nature desire to
> know. This is evident in
> the delight men take in their senses." Humans are
> political animals; anyone who
> isn't is either a beast or a god. The specific
> difference subsumes all genetic
> differences. Being is "pros hen" equivocity toward
> form. Got anything
> comparable from Derrida?
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