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> Ken wrote :I was contemplating that Jaques Derrida said that the trust
> in the correspondence of words to reality, the disconnect of word and
> Logos, was lost in the 18th century Enlightenment whereas Ockham in 1323
> made a distinction between words and concepts
>
> I was reading Kens enlightenment  on these three philosophers when the
> mail man came in ,
> Now the mail men and women around here are a throw back to the pony
> express rider so  I decided to have a go at him and ask  about  Okkah
> Derrida ,and Wegenstien and see what he knew about them
>
> His name is Cornwallis, and so old  Cornwallis thought about it , he
> stood there for a moment and put his hand on his chin then  his eyes
> got like he had a revelation and in doing so  went to the front door
> and let fly  a warm stream of bacca  out into the mornings dust on the
> dirt road .
>  He returned wiping his chin, and  informs me that he wasn't sure but
> He thought  they lived up where Ticky bend crosses Bullet hole road"
>  I laughed and  he laughed too when I  told him they were philosophers
> of the last century, .
> Then  during the give and take  of our  conversation he  told me that
> in school he read a lot of philosophy  ,couldn't remember all the
> names ,but remembered many  of the principals.
>
> "Which ones I asked ?   "Well there was Mr. Phidelius ,...he used to
> paddle us if we were late "'
>    No --no Cornwallis I implored  "The philosophers "
> ..Oh the philosophers . I can't remember names but I remember one
>  central piece of philosophy central to all of  Humanity ' " Its  help
> guide me "
> "What's that ?"I asked  half expecting something from Freud
> Old Cornwallis thought about it so he could get it right ,then said
> "I stink, therefore I am ".
>
> I think he got it right...Happy new Year Py

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