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Originally Posted by roachboy
on the other hand, the category is simply a convention that entails the fact of a grouping--it says nothing about what is grouped, except that is has been subjected to the act of grouping.
got to go teach nietzsche hi ho....have fun in class
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But it's not enough to object to a grouping just by saying that it's a convention. You need to point out that it exclude something it's intended to include, or includes something it's meant to exclude. And it's hard to see that this applies to "everything there is".
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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