At 05:59 AM 7/21/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Greg:
>> Actually, the fire myth is essential to the animist way of life too.
>> Forgive me if you must for my carelessness, but fire is essential to
>> human beings being human beings. It is (perhaps) the ONLY thing that
>> sets human beings apart from other animals.
Julian:
>Judgement, Fire, logic/ratiocination/writing/words (ho logos and all
>that jazz), ...
Judgement is not the sole provence of human beings.
Logic, rationality and words are part of that same mental package, and
again, are not the sole provence of human beings. Writing might be, but is
not one of the things that made us human, just a byproduct of the rest.
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