[lbo-talk] Re: Derrida Was No Aristotle

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Wed Oct 27 19:45:57 PDT 2004


LOL. I have it on good authority that Derrida was no Kant, either.

-- Luke

----- Original Message ----- From: "andie nachgeborenen" <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Derrida Was No Aristotle


>
> "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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