I think Cornwallis has summed up all the stuff in those philosophy books
very neatly with those five words.  Now I don't have to read all that dry
old philosopy.  Ruth




At 11:26 AM -0500 12/31/05, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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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Ruth Barton
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