Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:20:49 -0700 From: hugh bone <hughbone-AT-worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: Gods, Apes, Genes - Language J. B. Sclisizzi wrote: > > hugh bone wrote: > > > And whether we consider ourselves images of god(s), superior apes, or > > merely genetic relatives of all life-forms, "language" is the instrument > > of understanding our human "being". > > and that being, like that understanding, like that language, has strong > historical and cultural components. as heidegger said, "it is not a matter > of stating a new view of language. what is important is learning to live in > the speaking of language." > > brent ... > > http://www.gherkin.com/palimpsest/ *!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* Thanks Brent, Sounds like a language-god replacing a history-god, but perhaps he explained what he meant by "learning to live the speaking of a language". Taken literally it sounds as if living is a mystical function of speaking, and life is a mystery, I would imagine, even for those who cannot speak. In the context of addressor, addressee, referent, the social bond and language games, I don't know how to approach Heidegger's phrase. Hugh
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