LI’s readers are, presumably, the same people who read Infinite thought. For those who haven’t read IT’s prolegomena to all future pig metaphysics, go here.
“What we have to understand, as a matter of some urgency, is that the transcendental pig is our friend, just as the empirical pig is our lunch.”
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I have not understood the Pig Fixation. Another Englishwoman informed me that I thought of her as a pig, but it still took me awhile to comprehend that she had made a correct assessment that would save me time in a way she had never done before. IT calls herself a pig. Is she?
ReplyDeleteHowever, I never think about pigs, and refuse to be involved in Pig Metaphysics. I realize this sounds somewhat rude, but there it is. I probably think it is a way of being pushy while appearing to be cheerful and just-folks about it.
I am a pig, yes.
ReplyDeleteNo one need be involved in pig metaphysics if he or she feels it is not appropriate. The transcendental pig is indifferent to all human concerns.
Merry xmas Patrick and Roger!
Merry xmas, IT!
ReplyDeleteAs for the pig - I maintain that one must grant the artist her materials. Black to Malevich, the minor or major key to the composer, and the pig to IT. As King Lear said to one of his bothersome daughters, reason not the need. There is a formal moment at the beginning of every piece of art - or math. David Hilbert famously said that math could easily substitute bear mugs and chairs for points and lines - the initial elements are arbitrary. Necessity arises always and only out of the game.