File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_1997/lyotard.9706, message 71


Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:56:59 -0700
From: hugh bone <hughbone-AT-worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Lyotard & Derrida


Lois Shawver wrote:
> 
> > Lois, Darren, et.al.,
> >
> > Appreciate the translation, although, for me, the quote wasn't that
> > difficult, just wordy.
> >
> > Attach some thoughts on "souls" (not mine) which may be of interest.
> 
> I was hoping, Hugh, that my translation would highlight the difference
> between Derrida's concept of "spirits" and the traditional (Platonic,
> really) concept of a soul.  There is an enormous difference.
> 
> ..Lois************************************************************************
Sorry I don't get it.  Maybe that's why I was unable to be interested
in Derrida.  When I equated spirit/soul I thought I might be finding
a key to something I could understand.

Hugh


   

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