Thanks. Read Feuerbach but not Terence. If I recall the former
correctly (my copy and notes are in Vancouver), he said something
like 'the motto of the new philosophy is....'
m
At 20:07 14/04/2006, you wrote:
Actually the phrase goes back to the Roman author
Terence which explains why it is in Latin!
Terence: Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto.
'I am a man; I believe that nothing human is foreign
to me.'
> the chairman
> ps. re Julio's citation of 'one of Marx's
> favorite phrases was "nihil humani a me
> alienum puto" [nothing human is alien to me]', that
> phrase was Feuerbach's.
>
> Michael A. Lebowitz
> Professor Emeritus
> Economics Department
> Simon Fraser University
> Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
>
> Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at
> Residencias Anauco Suites
> Departamento 601
> Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010, Oficina 1
> Caracas, Venezuela
> (58-212) 573-4111
> fax: (58-212) 573-7724
>
Michael A. Lebowitz
Professor Emeritus
Economics Department
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at
Residencias Anauco Suites
Departamento 601
Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010, Oficina 1
Caracas, Venezuela
(58-212) 573-4111
fax: (58-212) 573-7724
