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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Stoney Breyer <stoneyb AT touchwood.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] logograms--an ode to Hebrew
  • Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:50:27 +0000

On 23/12/2004 17:00, Stoney Breyer wrote:

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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Kirk
>...

Third, Derrida says that the written word preceded the spoken. I never



understood this tho, but maybe you do.


Does he really say this? ...
Or is he speaking in some kind of riddle?


It's been decades since I read Derrida, but as I recall it's a sort of
myth for denying that the written word should be treated as an
inadequate substitute for the spoken word. Writing has an ambiguous
presence very different - and not derivative - from the 'real presence'
of spoken logos. It's all very Philosophical: as you say, a kind of
riddle.


Thank you, Stoney. Well, it seems clear that he was being philosophical rather than historical. Which is good, because this is bad history, but it may be good philosophy.

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Peter Kirk
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