[lbo-talk] Re: Derrida Was No Aristotle

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Wed Oct 27 20:48:27 PDT 2004


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 Turbulo at aol.com wrote:


> 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?

So making pronouncements about human nature by extrapolating from one's local cultural standards is profound? Color me unimpressed.

Miles



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