If by mention of deconstruction, you are referring to the philosophy of "deconstructionism" as invented by that well-known French fraud Derrida, then there's really no point in continuing with this admittedly off-topic discussion.

 

Geoff





 
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:21:35 -0600
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> Subject: Re: Experience with ZC
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> Perhaps as an aside paragraph, but that's it. Eliade did a whole book on the
> return to a golden age mytheme. However, persistence and inflection of a
> mytheme throughout the world has little bearing on analysis and
> deconstruction of contemporary discourse with original development only a
> scant several centuries ago. Without some disciplined, critical thinking,
> discussions go all over the place reminding one of the clang associations
> exhibited by certain schizophrenics. That's why we stay on topic to refine
> discourse on a specific issue - otherwise chaotic distraction dilutes it.
> 
> A more robust analysis would introduce the general theme as you have below,
> the look to recent immense development of that idea among European
> intellectuals proudly if not arrogantly deeming themselves The
> Enlightenment!
> 
> Goeff writes: " Of course it is of interest. Such data points to the obvious
> > fact that such mythical yearnings for a supposedly perfect past have been
> > present throughout all of history and a satndard part of human nature, not
> > just arbitrarily starting in the age of enlightenment."
> >
> >
> >
> > Geoff
> >
> >
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