[lit-ideas] Re: De Generatione et Corruptione
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:30:39 EDT
In a message dated 4/24/2009 5:17:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> For Aristotle it's axiomatic: if you were generated (by your parents)
> you'll be corrupted. We all die of corruption.
>
>
Brill. I shall remember this next time we are once again
"scandalized" corruption that has been "unearthed" in high places,
which, when you think about it, is a bit of a puzzler.
David Ritchie,
choosing between worms and ravens as recycling agents
----
Well, thanks.
But I thought there was a 'phallasy' (as Geary spells it) in my post the
second after I posted it.
For surely most people _don't_ die of corruption of the flesh. Actually I
never met one that did.
Borges's mother died at 99, so she was possibly starting to 'corrupt', or
'decompose' as Gilbert would say. But literally, people die usually of
heart attacks, I was told.
I think Aristotle was into something, and it would do to be reminded what
terms he used for 'generation' and 'corruption' in Greek.
Yes, it's the way of all flesh.
Talking of worms, I was listening to a classical music radio programme
today, and the person said, "Today we'll stick with 'sticky tunes'; there is a
German expression for that, 'Ear worms', worms that get in your ear. He
then played some easy listening waltzes.
Cheers,
JLS
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