[lbo-talk] what is the working class

shag carpet bomb shag at cleandraws.com
Sat Dec 5 08:08:54 PST 2009


At 09:59 AM 12/5/2009, Shane Mage wrote:


>"Theory is capable of gripping the masses when it demonstrates [its
>truths] *to men and women personally* and it demonstrates *to men and
>women* when it becomes radical. To be radical is to grasp things by
>the root. But for man the root is man himself."

ah! thanks. I was seeing ad hominem as "against the man". I probably should have looked up the meaning before I asked. I'm sure google would have pointed out that "ad" could be understood as "to" and not necessarily against.

thanks Shane!

shag

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