Literary theorist Stanley Fish has a fun read, ”Is There a Text in this Class?” Do read it, but for the sake of the post, here is my own summary: Language is situational. You cannot separate a statement’s meaning from its situation. Thus, meta-truths=asituational truths=useless to people (for they are constantly situation-bound). People accuse him of [...]
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- Ryan: If i may chip some more of my own improper speculation into this post; Our author seems to flicker between...
- Kenny Gradert: http://religiousfreedom.lib.vi rginia.edu/sacred/charity.html Isn’t too long of a read either.
- Jacob: Thanks Kenny: I think everything you’ve said is now properly complex, fitting with the sermon on the...
- Kenny Gradert: And, as a side note, it’s also interesting how many of today’s Americans from the...
- Kenny Gradert: Actually, I re-read Winthrop’s whole sermon that this line is taken from, and we need to give...
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