And what is the essence of the human form? Sent from my iPhone Please excuse grammar and spelling errors Expect everything - fear nothing - or did I get that backwards Saul ostrow 646 528 8537
On Jul 28, 2012, at 5:28 PM, ARMANDO BAEZA <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel that the human form remains a human form reguardless how distorted > it is expressed,as long as the essence is maintain in the expression. > > armando baeza > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Slostrow2 > <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 5:15 PM > Subject: > Re: is list dead? > > What is the essential difference btwn a boulder and a > pebble, btwn a humane > and a primate > > Sent from my iPhone > Please excuse grammar > and spelling errors > Expect everything - fear nothing - or did I get that > backwards > Saul ostrow > 646 528 8537 > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Tom McCormack > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wrote: >> >>> Also: My name and address > differentiate me from anyone else in the world. >>> Would you call them my > "essence"? >> >> Saul then advanced his description of his notion of 'essence' > from "the >> essence of something being the minimal >>> >>> conditions that allow > us to distinguish it from another thing" to >> >>> "the essence of something > being the minimal >>> conditions that allow us to distinguish it from another > thing (of a >>> different kind or order)." >> >> But Saul also wrote: >>> >>> If > that combination is the most significant difference we might identify >>> then > I would say yes >> >> This is troublesome because the whole game of coming up > with this > stipulative >> definition of 'essence' now rides on a person's notion > of "significant". I > see >> a circle trembling on the horizon: >> >>> - though I > do not think there is any essential >>> difference between one human and > another - though there may be between the >>> quality of their life - this is > why I chose a phenomenal rather than a >>> linguistic criteria - i.e. the > essence of something being the minimal >>> conditions that allow us to > distinguish it from another thing (of a >>> different kind or order) - >> >> An > "essential difference" is needed to make something an essence. And how > do >> we > determine if something is "essential"? We see if it is "significant". > And >> > how do we determine if something is "significant"? Well, it's significant > if >> > it means something is of a "different kind or order". And how do we > determine >> that? Well, it's of a different kind or order if it makes for a different >> > essence. Oy.
