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