“Who wants to be an idiot?”
Robyn started up
originated
initiated
inaugurated
authorized
pro-voked
the Universe of Converse Action
last class simply by asking the
question:
“Who wants to be an idiot?”
Who wants to be anything>
Who wants to be a genius?
Who wants to be a veterinarian?
Who wants to be a millionaire?
Do you see the PATTERN?
Who Wants _______?
Sure, the direct objects vary, but
don’t let the variations (diversity)
occlude the SAME.
want, lack, need, desire….
This is the GAME:
Sames & Differences
and how to do justice to both
identity & diversity
unity & difference
e pluribus unum &
e unum pluribus
It’s the basis for Analogy if not for Logic.
(What’s the Difference between Logic
and Analogic? What’s the Same?).
(What’s the Difference between
Idiocy and Genius?
What’s the same?)
The relationships?
If Robyn hadn’t originated our Universe
of Converse Action & “life of the body politic”
(my idiosyncratic labels for 2nd half of class),
IT would have been radically Different.
Although also, of course: the Same.
IT would have been both:
Different and the Same.
You got a problem with that?
IT, I said. Do I need to
be spelling IT out?
Am I making any sense? How would I know
if you didn’t tell me? How do YOU
make sense?
xxxooo, Ralph Waldo
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