Saturday, November 11, 2006

A reprise for haecceity

... Should Old Aquinas be forgot? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Interestingly, it was Duns Scotus, not Aquinas, who gave us haecceity. Bully for him, I say. Why confuse thisness with whatness?

2 comments:

  1. *said in a Cockney copper voice* "What's all thisness then?" *hehehehe* I crack myself up...

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  2. I'm glad I'm helping to amuse you on a Saturday night, Frank. What the hell are we doing sitting our computers?

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