D. R.: >it clearly makes the wife's position hard; she did not fall in love with a woman and therefore >wants to find a different mate. Not _clear_, really. Aren't you suppose to love him not just _contingently_ or _accidentally_? I would say that _gender_ is what Aristotle may have as an 'accident' of the person. But granted, the word is used differently today, "I saw a big car accident this morning". Wittgenstein may be responsible for the new use of 'accident': "nothing in logic is accidental". Cheers, JL Speranza The Snares of Ontology **************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html