well, must not be many with a (sorta) job in philosophy who fathered the children of the prime minister, poor jackie was an exceptional character On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >It is the usual way to bully a real question “but how do you know that x? > can you prove that x?” and so forth. Standardized moves of derrida’s whores> > > Charmed to learn that when Derrida went to his whores they typically > engaged in philosophe banter and other acts of intellectual stimulation. > How very French. No wonder they all have whores. > > Dnl > > > On Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 7:04, Adriano Palma <Palma@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > It is the standard bullshit of high school bullies, it is often fenced > off by “in my opinion” as in “in my opinion, it helps not to be an idiot, > but of course others have others opinionions, blah, blah, blah, blah > It is the usual way to bully a real question “but how do you know that x? > can you prove that x?” and so forth. Standardized moves of derrida’s whores > > > *From:* lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Omar Kusturica > *Sent:* 11 February 2015 00:07 > *To:* lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: Presumptions > > Obviously it would be presumptous to say anything about this. > > O.K. > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Redacted sender Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx for > DMARC <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In a message dated 2/10/2015 3:21:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx uses the Oxford comma, and writes in > "Truth, Justice, > and the American Way": > I would sure hate to get all worked up only to realize that what I was all > worked up over was just mis-presumption on my part > > Presumably, you are right. I mean, you would sure hate that. > > On the other hand, if there was something the Romans had but the Greeks > didn't is 'præsumptiones', but as Palma would have, it, 'nothing to be > presumptuous about, you know'. > > Cheers, > > Speranza > > presumption: > > mid-13c., "seizure and occupation without right," also "taking upon > oneself more than is warranted," from Old French presumcion (12c., Modern > French > présomption) and directly from Late Latin praesumptionem (nominative > praesumptio) "confidence, audacity," in classical Latin, "a taking for > granted, > anticipation," noun of action from past participle stem ofpraesumere "to > take > beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sumere "to take" (see exempt > (adj.)). In English, the meaning "the taking of something for granted" is > attested from c.1300. Presumptuous preserves the older sense. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > -- palma, etheKwini, KZN palma cell phone is 0762362391 *only when in Europe*: inst. J. Nicod 29 rue d'Ulm f-75005 paris france