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Influences and connections mentioned in the preface:
African, European, American
Gaberone, Lagos, England, Botswana, Norway, Ghana, New Haven-Connecticut, Yorubaland
Asante, Hausa, Ananse, Lebanese, French, Kenyan, Thai, Norwegian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Kumasi
Baptists, Copts, Catholics, Methodists, Anglicans, Muslim
— Feb 17, 2024 12:01PM
African, European, American
Gaberone, Lagos, England, Botswana, Norway, Ghana, New Haven-Connecticut, Yorubaland
Asante, Hausa, Ananse, Lebanese, French, Kenyan, Thai, Norwegian, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Kumasi
Baptists, Copts, Catholics, Methodists, Anglicans, Muslim
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xi of preface:
“Wittgenstein used to quote Bishop Butler’s remark that “everything is what it is and not another thing.” There is a piece of Akan wordplay with the same moral “Esono ɛsono, ɛsono sosono,” . . . which being translated reads “The elephant is one thing and the worm another.” “
— Feb 17, 2024 12:09PM
“Wittgenstein used to quote Bishop Butler’s remark that “everything is what it is and not another thing.” There is a piece of Akan wordplay with the same moral “Esono ɛsono, ɛsono sosono,” . . . which being translated reads “The elephant is one thing and the worm another.” “
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ix of the preface:
“one is bound to be formed—morally, aesthetically, politically, religiously—by the range of lives one has known.”
— Feb 17, 2024 12:02PM
“one is bound to be formed—morally, aesthetically, politically, religiously—by the range of lives one has known.”
