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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“If a language disappears, what else disappears with it that no other language can replace?”
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As a provocation, I’d prefer: No statement / belief is true, including this one. ---- I prefer it when sentences that are grammatically knowledge claims ("X is Y", "X is not Y") are spoken because the speaker actually is making a knowledge claim.... - david...
Super-Conscio-Fractalistic-Alchemi-Holo-Dios
I was reminded of a Facebook post from a year ago that kind of came in a moment of linguistic play. Upon reflecting this year, I realize there is a much deeper form of play hidden in the silliness: My brain loves this little zen-koan like meditation.... Something clicked while I was writing this and I had to share it with you. The Greek word for "meek" was literally used to describe a trained warhorse — not a broken animal. Power under control. That's what Jesus was actually talking about.... - Editec...
Can Transcendental Pluralism Help Us Date Plato’s Dialogues?
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, my developmental model, has always been strongly tied to genealogical analysis: tracing how structures of thought emerge, reorganize, and become capable of questioning their own foundations which I had largely to derive from... - renee...
- dave...
I agree that these frames are pretty wonky and often misused; I get really annoyed by the way many if not most people use the concept in personal growth culture. Most of the assumptions don’t hold across cultures.... - dave...
Even though I am framing it as "the time is right for that language", I’d still have some "this is unfair, they’re copying our homework" huffing and puffing happening somewhere inside of me if that happened.... I call this the your "avocado eater type". The brown in an avocado is often just cosmetic. Some people can’t eat any of the brown. Some people eat around it. I met a really smart person who never flinched at the brown.... - stephen...