Friday, January 09, 2009

Last thought on the power of language

Just a nugget that didn’t fit into the last post. I mentioned that the goal of language is the creation of society; I also described how the individual’s life as a rational creature is brought into being by language. To say it again: the individual’s good comes into being as a step towards the creation of society.

I think this would make a wonderful starting point for a lecture on the common good and the individual good.

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