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May. 11th, 2016 10:27 pmIt was a bit of a rough day, and in a moment of rage against the machine, I decided to use the office label maker to print off "You are worthwhile." I think I needed to hear it. Only the machine was out of paper, and if that's not a metaphor for... Something.
On the other hand, the doctor got bit today by a patient, so there's that...
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In slightly cheerier news, I finally have an idea ... Ish for the NY Tolkien conference. Something about philosophy of language, and how we have to understand word usage in a very specific way if we don't want to descend into Tolkien's cursed science - we have to understand words as a revealed thing, not something abstracted from experience that can be analyzed in a certain way. More Augustine, less Plato.
I'd like to think it's not nearly as dry as it sounds, but then JRRT thought much the same about the Silmarillion.
On the other hand, the doctor got bit today by a patient, so there's that...
*******
In slightly cheerier news, I finally have an idea ... Ish for the NY Tolkien conference. Something about philosophy of language, and how we have to understand word usage in a very specific way if we don't want to descend into Tolkien's cursed science - we have to understand words as a revealed thing, not something abstracted from experience that can be analyzed in a certain way. More Augustine, less Plato.
I'd like to think it's not nearly as dry as it sounds, but then JRRT thought much the same about the Silmarillion.