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[Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:30  16/02/01 -0500, you wrote:

> I'm with Ruth on this.  I'd like to explore, in particular, "negativity
> wins."  I've been wondering whether this isn't a positive presentation of
> negativity.  But I want to get my thoughts together a bit.
>
> Howard


Howard this is exactly the problem Heidegger deals with when he asks the
question, 'How goes it with the nothing?'  From memory, as I do not have
the article with me, he points out the problem that once we touch upon a
notion such as 'nothing' or negativity or absence we render them
positive.  However that I suppose is an epistemic operation.  The great
void or whatever is still out there waiting to reclaim us.

regards

Gary



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