Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Arlo previously] > I guess it means just what it says. "Original thoughts" do not pop out of the > brain of some Miraculous Lone Individual, but emerge only from > individuals-in-social-activity. Moreso, the "individual" is herself a > confluence between an assimilated shared dialogue and the unique experience of > her as a bounded organism. Even moreso still, of course, we must remember that > the "self" (if this is what you mean by "individual") is an idea, or rather a > collection of ideas. > > [Platt] > So is that a Yes or a No or a Maybe? > > [Arlo] > In the context of my answer, yes, of course. In the context of the "Lone > Isolated Individual", the answer is no.
Spoken like a true politician. If by "Lone Isolated Individual" you mean no other people around, you've invented a giant straw man. But, I'm glad you agree that individuals like Einstein and Mozart can have original ideas. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
