[lit-ideas] Re: The Names of the Body Parts
- From: "Walter C. Okshevsky" <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:55:40 -0230
Quoting Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>:
> Mike Geary wrote
>
> > Reminds of the the question I once asked my daughter when she was
> > little: "Why do we call a pig a 'pig' ?"
> > "Because they're so dirty," she said.
>
> I first heard this from George Myro, although it may be an old Chinese
> proverb.
>
> Philosopher: 'Why is this called a "cup"?'
>
> Child: 'Because it's a cup.
>
> The child's analysis seems unimpeachable.
>
> Robert Paul
I would say the child's analysis is somewhat impeared. That something is a cup
is no sound reason for calling it a "cup." It might just as well be called a
"krushka" while remaining what it is.
Continuing to plum the berry depths of philosophical reflection for one grape
thought after another ...
Walter O.
>
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