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From: dcs2e@darwin.clas.virginia.edu (David Swanson)
Subject: Re: Derrida's uniqueness  (was: Math as pornography)
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In article <4ne7qq$k95@peaches.cs.utexas.edu>
turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:

> What a genius that Derrida must be!  With *every* other
> non-fiction oevre, from Aristotle's writings on ethics to
> Einstein's physics, and including all significant thinkers in
> between, including Descartes, Newton, Marx, Darwin, and Chomsky,
> it has been the case (1) that later thought led to a better
> understanding of the original ideas, and (2) that this permitted
> summaries and restatement of the original ideas (sometimes by the
> original author) that better exposed their support, claims, and
> implications, and that made them more accessible to various
> audiences.  The parts of theories that have resisted this have
> been precisely those parts that were muddled, ambiguous, or
> confused.

Not the case with Nietzsche, Heidegger, Emerson, or perhaps even
(despite all the endless effort) Kant.

DS


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