The headache clears but the weather is not good, though for all that a busy day, on parade for various events. Comparative philosophy though. Wouldn't you say that philosophy just was in itself comparative, involved in the critical comparison of ideas. So what is the point of this new adjective. It seems to me to be evidence of dissatisfaction, the sense that the dominant forms are inadequate, in a way that now has to be spelled out: a sense that it sees nothing but what it does see, that there are things it fails to see, that remain hidden. And what are those things? And who provides the answer? How can those who fail to do justice to some aspect of reality recognise that fact? And what is implied in the phrase, 'aspect of reality'? Meanwhile, I have to do the dishes, which reminds me of the image of the light on the kitchen table which shows the marmalade you missed when you wiped it.
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Someone once told me one can only do philosophy in German, because the language enables one to make all sorts of distinctions clear.
'you' could mean 'man', 'Sie','Ihr' or 'Du'. Most of your 'you's' clearly fall into the 'man' category, but this one seems to be different. If I translate it with 'man' the sentence sounds odd. When we use you in a diary/notebook I guess we talk to ourselves, but this diary isn't kept in a drawer.
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