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>From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.books,sci.philosophy.tech,comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Heidegger
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Date: 26 Nov 91 20:05:08 GMT
References: <1991Nov22.210528.10844@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <1991Nov25.065412.19783@trl.oz.au>
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In article <1991Nov25.065412.19783@trl.oz.au> louis@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Louis Denger) writes:
>Et c'est bien evident que du point de vue empirique Anglo-Saxon,
>Martin est impenetrable.

I regret that my ability in French is not sufficient for writing
but only, sometimes, for reading.

It certainly seems to be the case that "continental" philosophy
is harder to read than Anglo-Saxon "analytic" philosophy, at least
as the two appear in English.  Are we suffering, perhaps, from bad
translations?  Or just from impatience with a less direct style.


